linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] kbuild: remove VERSION and PATCHLEVEL from $(objtree)/Makefile

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Date:   Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:45:51 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] kbuild: remove VERSION and PATCHLEVEL from $(objtree)/Makefile

Neither VERSION nor PATCHLEVEL is used in any useful way.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
---

 Makefile           | 3 +--
 scripts/mkmakefile | 6 ------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d2976b5..6e1a059 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -482,8 +482,7 @@ PHONY += outputmakefile
 outputmakefile:
 ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
 	$(Q)ln -fsn $(srctree) source
-	$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile \
-	    $(srctree) $(objtree) $(VERSION) $(PATCHLEVEL)
+	$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile $(srctree) $(objtree)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(cc-name),clang)
diff --git a/scripts/mkmakefile b/scripts/mkmakefile
index e19d656..e2106444 100755
--- a/scripts/mkmakefile
+++ b/scripts/mkmakefile
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 # Usage
 # $1 - Kernel src directory
 # $2 - Output directory
-# $3 - version
-# $4 - patchlevel
-
 
 test ! -r $2/Makefile -o -O $2/Makefile || exit 0
 # Only overwrite automatically generated Makefiles
@@ -25,9 +22,6 @@ fi
 cat << EOF > $2/Makefile
 # Automatically generated by $0: don't edit
 
-VERSION = $3
-PATCHLEVEL = $4
-
 lastword = \$(word \$(words \$(1)),\$(1))
 makedir := \$(dir \$(call lastword,\$(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
 
-- 
2.7.4