linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts: Extract kernel headers for out of tree modules build

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Message-ID: <55D47BA4.4040601@suse.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:50:44 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>
To:	Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	octavian.purdila@...el.com, bogdan.m.davidoaia@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: Extract kernel headers for out of tree modules
 build

On 2015-08-19 08:50, Daniel Baluta wrote:
> scripts/package/builddeb already creates a linux-keader .deb
> package, but we need this feature also for non-Debian distros
> (e.g. Android or LFS).

Kbuild supports building out-of-tree modules by providing the
/lib/modules/*/build and /lib/modules/*/source symlinks, pointing to the
whole build/source trees. IMO, an optimization like your script should
remain part of the distro packaging, which also takes care of the symlinks.

Michal
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