linux-kernel - Re: Kbuild changes since 2.6.21??

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Date:	Wed, 28 May 2008 20:42:20 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Doug Reiland <dreiland@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Kbuild changes since 2.6.21??

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 02:27:47PM -0400, Doug Reiland wrote:
> By bad, drivers/power/Makefile is ok.
> I thought I reproduced the issue there.
> 
> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Doug Reiland <dreiland@...il.com> wrote:
> > There are some makefiles that look at CONFIG_XXXX variables to make
> > decisions. For example, drivers/power/Makefile has the following
> > lines:
> >
> > ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYSFS),y)
> > power_supply-objs += power_supply_sysfs.o
> > endif
> >
> >
> > If I run make clean or make mrproper, it doesn't see CONFIG_SYSFS set
> > anymore so it doesn't cleanup power_supply_sysfs.o.
> >
> > This is for 2.6.25, but I think this use to work for 2.6.21. I am
> > using drivers/power/Makefile as an example, but I am seeing the same
> > thing for my driver's Makefile.

We use find to delete all .o files. So the content of your Kbuild file
should not matter here.
Can you describe the setup where you see the issue?

	Sam
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