2 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index de9836eee8bb..db38ef465a63 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -83,10 +83,12 @@ ifneq ($(strip $(obj-y) $(obj-m) $(obj-n) $(obj-) $(lib-target)),)
 builtin-target := $(obj)/built-in.o
 endif
 
+modorder-target := $(obj)/modules.order
+
 # We keep a list of all modules in $(MODVERDIR)
 
 __build: $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),$(builtin-target) $(lib-target) $(extra-y)) \
-         $(if $(KBUILD_MODULES),$(obj-m)) \
+         $(if $(KBUILD_MODULES),$(obj-m) $(modorder-target)) \
          $(subdir-ym) $(always)
         @:
 
@@ -276,6 +278,19 @@ targets += $(builtin-target)
 endif # builtin-target
 
 #
+# Rule to create modules.order file
+#
+# Create commands to either record .ko file or cat modules.order from
+# a subdirectory
+modorder-cmds =                                         \
+        $(foreach m, $(modorder),                       \
+                $(if $(filter %/modules.order, $m),     \
+                        cat $m;, echo kernel/$m;))
+
+$(modorder-target): $(subdir-ym) FORCE
+        $(Q)(cat /dev/null; $(modorder-cmds)) > $@
+
+#
 # Rule to compile a set of .o files into one .a file
 #
 ifdef lib-target
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 3c5e88bfecf1..8e440233c27d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ lib-y := $(filter-out $(obj-y), $(sort $(lib-y) $(lib-m)))
 # o if we encounter foo/ in $(obj-m), remove it from $(obj-m) 
 #   and add the directory to the list of dirs to descend into: $(subdir-m)
 
+# Determine modorder.
+# Unfortunately, we don't have information about ordering between -y
+# and -m subdirs.  Just put -y's first.
+modorder        := $(patsubst %/,%/modules.order, $(filter %/, $(obj-y)) $(obj-m:.o=.ko))
+
 __subdir-y      := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-y)))
 subdir-y        += $(__subdir-y)
 __subdir-m      := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-m)))
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@ real-objs-m := $(foreach m, $(obj-m), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)
 extra-y         := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(extra-y))
 always          := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(always))
 targets         := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(targets))
+modorder        := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(modorder))
 obj-y           := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-y))
 obj-m           := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-m))
 lib-y           := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(lib-y))