linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFC] Move generated files to include/generated

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Message-ID: <20090722095818.GH6281@cr0.nay.redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:58:18 +0800
From:	Amerigo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Move generated files to include/generated

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:10:40PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>In 2.6.30 we introduced support for adding generated
>files to a dedicated directory named "include/generated".
>


Personally, I don't like this, I hate to see
#include <generated/foo.h>
.

>This had a number of benefits:
>
>  - avoid mixing generated and normal files

I don't think this is an advantage...


>  - allow us to finally kill the asm symlink


This makes sense, but it looks like only when 'make O=xxx',
no?


>  - simpler .gitignore rules
>  - simpler list of mrproper files

Neither these two.

The benifits we get is little, I think.

Thanks.
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