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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-28 18:13:55 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-28 18:13:55 -0400
commitc9e2a72ff1acfdffdecb338b3d997f90c507e665 (patch)
tree9be4b7e6a1cb90ffa86148a3937021118a5913c0 /Documentation
parent9aca0e7c8c3a8f1fa6e3058abc5465b0509f0f8e (diff)
parentd63f6d1b4d3ad0d88685a5f8eb1c3cac01ddd0db (diff)
Merge branch 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6
* 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6: initramfs: Fix build break on symbol-prefixed archs initramfs: fix initramfs size calculation initramfs: generalize initramfs_data.xxx.S variants scripts/kallsyms: Enable error messages while hush up unnecessary warnings scripts/setlocalversion: update comment kbuild: Use a single clean rule for kernel and external modules kbuild: Do not run make clean in $(srctree) scripts/mod/modpost.c: fix commentary accordingly to last changes kbuild: Really don't clean bounds.h and asm-offsets.h
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index c787ae512120..0ef00bd6e54d 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -776,6 +776,13 @@ This will delete the directory debian, including all subdirectories.
776Kbuild will assume the directories to be in the same relative path as the 776Kbuild will assume the directories to be in the same relative path as the
777Makefile if no absolute path is specified (path does not start with '/'). 777Makefile if no absolute path is specified (path does not start with '/').
778 778
779To exclude certain files from make clean, use the $(no-clean-files) variable.
780This is only a special case used in the top level Kbuild file:
781
782 Example:
783 #Kbuild
784 no-clean-files := $(bounds-file) $(offsets-file)
785
779Usually kbuild descends down in subdirectories due to "obj-* := dir/", 786Usually kbuild descends down in subdirectories due to "obj-* := dir/",
780but in the architecture makefiles where the kbuild infrastructure 787but in the architecture makefiles where the kbuild infrastructure
781is not sufficient this sometimes needs to be explicit. 788is not sufficient this sometimes needs to be explicit.