linux-kernel - Re: Can anyone suggest a better fix? Not sure if I understand the problem, but the patch fixed it

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Message-ID: <521E25C5.2020908@suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:31:01 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	"Yang, Fei" <fei.yang@...el.com>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	"linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org' (linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org)" 
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Can anyone suggest a better fix? Not sure if I understand the
 problem, but the patch fixed it

Dne 28.8.2013 18:27, Yang, Fei napsal(a):
> I thought fixdep is about finding module dependency, and it isn't
> needed for built-in drivers. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

fixdep filters the *.d files generated by gcc. These files record source
-> object file dependencies, to not miss rebuilds.

Michal
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