linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] drivers: oprofile: Avoids building driver from direct make command

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Message-ID: <bf054e64b8284ce5da5f0c361fbb3ee6@sf-tec.de>
Date:   Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:26:09 +0200
From:   Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>
To:     Leonardo Brás <leobras.c@...il.com>
Cc:     lkcamp@...ts.libreplanetbr.org,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>,
        Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
        oprofile-list@...ts.sf.net, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc-owner@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] drivers: oprofile: Avoids building driver from direct
 make command

Leonardo Brás wrote:
> Creates new Makefile to avoid building driver if
> 'make drivers/oprofile/' is called directly.
> 
> This driver is usually built from arch/$ARCH and seems to have
> no meaning building alone.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leonardo Brás <leobras.c@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/oprofile/Makefile | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/oprofile/Makefile
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/Makefile b/drivers/oprofile/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..6b36c93e9762
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/oprofile/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +#Does nothing, since the source is called from arch/$ARCH/ tree.
> \ No newline at end of file
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Is that intentional or bogus?

Eike