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Date:	Mon, 5 May 2008 21:58:15 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Peter Oberparleiter <peter.oberparleiter@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ltp-list@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	ltp-coverage@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/6] kbuild: convert include and source paths

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 05:24:26PM +0200, Peter Oberparleiter wrote:
> From: Peter Oberparleiter <peter.oberparleiter@...ibm.com>
> 
> Modify kbuild to convert relative include and source paths to absolute
> form. Also change the module versioning mechanism to alter object file
> names only after compiling.
> 
> Required by the gcov profiling infrastructure: source paths are
> referenced by the compiled object files. Using relative paths or
> object file names which are different from the source name would
> prevent the gcov tool from finding the corresponding source files.

For the relative path issue do you really fix this at the right place?
I would say that teaching gcov tool from where to look would be better.

> Also change the module versioning mechanism to alter object file
> names only after compiling.
Can I get this as a separate patch please.
It may be general useful and makes sense to look at alone.

	Sam
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