linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: change module.order to list *.o instead of *.ko

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Date:   Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:12:01 -0800
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>, Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: change module.order to list *.o instead of
 *.ko

On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 10:04:07PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> scripts/Makefile.build replaces the suffix .o with .ko, then
> scripts/Makefile.modpost calls the sed command to change .ko back
> to the original .o suffix.
> 
> Instead of converting the suffixes back-and-forth, store the .o paths
> in modules.order, and replace it with .ko in 'make modules_install'.
> 
> This avoids the unneeded sed command.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>

  Luis