linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] .gitignore: ignore Module.symvers in all directories

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Message-ID: <20140416210826.GA20810@fiji.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:08:26 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <michal.marek@...fyz.cz>
To:	"Zhao, Gang" <gamerh2o@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kyungsik Lee <kyungsik.lee@....com>,
	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] .gitignore: ignore Module.symvers in all directories

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 02:56:15PM +0800, Zhao, Gang wrote:
> When using `make M=/path/to/driver modules` to build a module, file
> Module.symvers will be created in that directory, so it's better to
> ignore it in all directories.
> 
> Slightly reordered, let specific file names behind general ones.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Kyungsik Lee <kyungsik.lee@....com>
> Cc: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>
> Signed-off-by: Zhao, Gang <gamerh2o@...il.com>

Note that the easier way to build a subtree of the kernel source is

  make path/to/driver/

including the trailing /. But the M=... syntax seems so widespread that
I have to apply this.

BTW: there is really no need to CC the last N people who touched
such a trivial file :).

Michal
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