linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] kbuild: asm-generic support

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:16:57 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Remis Lima Baima <remis.developer@...glemail.com>,
	Guan Xuetao <gxt@...c.pku.edu.cn>,
	'lkml' <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	'linux-kbuild' <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	'linux arch' <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	'Guan Xuetao' <guanxuetao@...c.pku.edu.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] kbuild: asm-generic support

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:29:49PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> From 1b46234aa99f235b48dce0068fb5fb56ddf6ddab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:45:13 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: asm-generic support
> 
> There is an increasing amount of header files
> shared between individual architectures in asm-generic.
> To avoid a lot of dummy wrapper files that just
> include the corresponding file in asm-generic provide
> some basic support in kbuild for this.
> 
> With the following patch an architecture can maintain
> a list of files in the file arch/$(ARCH)/include/asm/Kbuild
> 
> To use a generic file just add:
> 
>         generic-y += <name-of-header-file.h>
> 
> For each file listed kbuild will generate the necessary
> wrapper in arch/$(ARCH)/include/generated/asm.
> 
> When installing userspace headers a wrapper is likewise created.
> 
> The original inspiration for this came from the unicore32
> patchset - although a different method is used.
> 
> The patch includes several improvements from Arnd Bergmann.
> Michael Marek contributed Makefile.asm-generic.
> 
> Remis Baima did an intial implementation along to achive
> the same - see https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/13352/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> Acked-by: Guan Xuetao <guanxuetao@...c.pku.edu.cn>
> Tested-by: Guan Xuetao <guanxuetao@...c.pku.edu.cn>
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Remis Lima Baima <remis.developer@...glemail.com>
> ---
> 
> Changes from v4 => v5
> - Mentioned Remis in changelog (thanks to Arnd)
> - Added "Acked-by" from Arnd

Applied to kbuild-2.6.git#kbuild, thanks a lot!

Michal
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