linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] kbuild: remove the unneeded comments for external module builds

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Message-Id: <20210504101058.96498-3-masahiroy@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue,  4 May 2021 19:10:58 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] kbuild: remove the unneeded comments for external module builds

The supported targets for external modules are listed in the help target
a few lines below. Let's not have duplicated information in two places.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
---

 Makefile | 12 +-----------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2cbf68dc40b7..9b9a003bd88f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1711,17 +1711,7 @@ else # KBUILD_EXTMOD
 # When building external modules the kernel used as basis is considered
 # read-only, and no consistency checks are made and the make
 # system is not used on the basis kernel. If updates are required
-# in the basis kernel ordinary make commands (without M=...) must
-# be used.
-#
-# The following are the only valid targets when building external
-# modules.
-# make M=dir clean     Delete all automatically generated files
-# make M=dir modules   Make all modules in specified dir
-# make M=dir	       Same as 'make M=dir modules'
-# make M=dir modules_install
-#                      Install the modules built in the module directory
-#                      Assumes install directory is already created
+# in the basis kernel ordinary make commands (without M=...) must be used.
 
 # We are always building only modules.
 KBUILD_BUILTIN :=
-- 
2.27.0