linux-kernel - Re: [patch, -git] drivers/media build fix for modular builds

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Message-ID: <20080430093728.GA3568@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:37:28 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, mchehab@...radead.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-dvb-maintainer@...uxtv.org, video4linux-list@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Subject: Re: [patch, -git] drivers/media build fix for modular builds


* Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:

> drivers/media is special because it does not contain any files. Kbuild 
> will generate a built-in.o file only if there is a chance for a .o 
> file in the directory.
> 
> When all media is modules kbuild does not know enough to say that a 
> built-in.o is needed in drivers/media/ and the workaround to do a 
> obj-y := common/ is the best way to do so.

ok, good. Should be an exceedingly rare situation, we dont have _that_ 
many driver sub-trees.

Can we take this as a:

  Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>

? :-)

	Ingo
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