linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kbuild: correct variable definitions in makefiles.txt

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Date:	Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:50:31 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	matt mooney <mfm@...eddisk.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kbuild: correct variable definitions in
	makefiles.txt

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 05:03:29PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
> On 20.9.2010 08:33, matt mooney wrote:
> > Change $(src) and $(obj) definitions to state the path as absolute and
> > not relative.
> 
> It _is_ a relative patch, AFAICS. What makes you think otherwise?

With extenal modules $(src) and $(obj) are absolute - but in nomal use they are relative.
And again in normal use they are also equal. I usually say that we have two just to document
what is srource and what is generated.

	Sam
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