Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild: (40 commits)
  kbuild: trivial fixes in Makefile
  kbuild: adding symbols in Kconfig and defconfig to TAGS
  kbuild: replace abort() with exit(1)
  kbuild: support for %.symtypes files
  kbuild: fix silentoldconfig recursion
  kbuild: add option for stripping modules while installing them
  kbuild: kill some false positives from modpost
  kbuild: export-symbol usage report generator
  kbuild: fix make -rR breakage
  kbuild: append -dirty for updated but uncommited changes
  kbuild: append git revision for all untagged commits
  kbuild: fix module.symvers parsing in modpost
  kbuild: ignore make's built-in rules & variables
  kbuild: bugfix with initramfs
  kbuild: modpost build fix
  kbuild: check license compatibility when building modules
  kbuild: export-type enhancement to modpost.c
  kbuild: add dependency on kernel.release to the package targets
  kbuild: `make kernelrelease' speedup
  kconfig: KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG
  ...

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index a9c00facdf40..14ef3868a328 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -1123,6 +1123,14 @@ The top Makefile exports the following variables:
         $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE).  The user may
         override this value on the command line if desired.
 
+    INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
+
+        If this variable is specified, will cause modules to be stripped
+        after they are installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then the
+        default option --strip-debug will be used.  Otherwise,
+        INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will used as the option(s) to the strip command.
+
+
 === 8 Makefile language
 
 The kernel Makefiles are designed to run with GNU Make.  The Makefiles