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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index 329e740adea7..f6f80380dff2 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -1108,14 +1108,6 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): ld Link target. Often, LDFLAGS_$@ is used to set specific options to ld. - objcopy - Copy binary. Uses OBJCOPYFLAGS usually specified in - arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile. - OBJCOPYFLAGS_$@ may be used to set additional options. - - gzip - Compress target. Use maximum compression to compress target. - Example: #arch/x86/boot/Makefile LDFLAGS_bootsect := -Ttext 0x0 -s --oformat binary @@ -1139,6 +1131,19 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): resulting in the target file being recompiled for no obvious reason. + objcopy + Copy binary. Uses OBJCOPYFLAGS usually specified in + arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile. + OBJCOPYFLAGS_$@ may be used to set additional options. + + gzip + Compress target. Use maximum compression to compress target. + + Example: + #arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile + $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE + $(call if_changed,gzip) + dtc Create flattened device tree blob object suitable for linking into vmlinux. Device tree blobs linked into vmlinux are placed @@ -1219,7 +1224,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): that may be shared between individual architectures. The recommended approach how to use a generic header file is to list the file in the Kbuild file. - See "7.3 generic-y" for further info on syntax etc. + See "7.2 generic-y" for further info on syntax etc. --- 6.11 Post-link pass @@ -1254,13 +1259,13 @@ A Kbuild file may be defined under arch/<arch>/include/uapi/asm/ and arch/<arch>/include/asm/ to list asm files coming from asm-generic. See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file. - --- 7.1 no-export-headers +--- 7.1 no-export-headers no-export-headers is essentially used by include/uapi/linux/Kbuild to avoid exporting specific headers (e.g. kvm.h) on architectures that do not support it. It should be avoided as much as possible. - --- 7.2 generic-y +--- 7.2 generic-y If an architecture uses a verbatim copy of a header from include/asm-generic then this is listed in the file @@ -1287,7 +1292,7 @@ See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file. Example: termios.h #include <asm-generic/termios.h> - --- 7.3 generated-y +--- 7.3 generated-y If an architecture generates other header files alongside generic-y wrappers, generated-y specifies them. @@ -1299,7 +1304,7 @@ See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file. #arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild generated-y += syscalls_32.h - --- 7.5 mandatory-y +--- 7.4 mandatory-y mandatory-y is essentially used by include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm to define the minimum set of headers that must be exported in |