linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] kbuild: remove obj-n and lib-n handling

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Message-Id: <20141002221754.3504.AA925319@jp.panasonic.com>
Date:	Thu, 02 Oct 2014 22:17:54 +0900
From:	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@...panasonic.com>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] kbuild: remove obj-n and lib-n handling

Hi Michal,


On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 15:04:44 +0200
Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:

> On 2014-09-09 12:26, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > Kconfig never defines CONFIG_* as 'n'.
> > Now obj-n is only used in firmware/Makefile and it can be
> > replaced with obj-.  No makefile uses lib-n.
> 
> BTW, there are a few more instances of *-n, none of which seem useful:
> 
> $ git --no-pager grep -e '[a-z]-n\>'  -- '*Makefile*' '*Kbuild*'
> Makefile:		     $(init-n) $(init-) \
> Makefile:		     $(core-n) $(core-) $(drivers-n) $(drivers-) \
> Makefile:		     $(net-n)  $(net-)  $(libs-n)    $(libs-))))
> arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/Makefile:obj-pci-n	:=
> arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile:initrd-  := $(patsubst zImage%,
> zImage.initrd%, $(image-n) $(image-))

Uh, I missed them.

Anyway, it should be done in a separate patch
even if we fix them.

Can you fix them, please?
(I do not want to steal what you found.)

Simpler makefiles seem better.



Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

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