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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 10:16:47 +0100 From: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at> To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: [PATCH 5/5] clarification of _shipped files intent clarification of _shipped files intent The rational for using _shipped files should be clearly indicated so that it does not look like it is encouraging binary blobs. This patch is against linux 3.18.0-rc6 Note that the original file uses leading tabs so for this patch this was retained. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at> --- Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt index 450af1f..eeca125 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt @@ -268,7 +268,10 @@ module 8123.ko, which is built from the following files: --- 3.3 Binary Blobs - Some external modules need to include an object file as a blob. + Some external modules need to include an object file as a + prebuilt binary if they depend on exotic tools or if the + build time penalty of generating such files might be seen + to be too high. kbuild has support for this, but requires the blob file to be named <filename>_shipped. When the kbuild rules kick in, a copy of <filename>_shipped is created with _shipped stripped off, -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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