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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst index e0b45a257f21..a45cccff467d 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst @@ -528,18 +528,6 @@ build. will then do the expected and compile both modules with full knowledge of symbols from either module. - Use an extra Module.symvers file - When an external module is built, a Module.symvers file - is generated containing all exported symbols which are - not defined in the kernel. To get access to symbols - from bar.ko, copy the Module.symvers file from the - compilation of bar.ko to the directory where foo.ko is - built. During the module build, kbuild will read the - Module.symvers file in the directory of the external - module, and when the build is finished, a new - Module.symvers file is created containing the sum of - all symbols defined and not part of the kernel. - Use "make" variable KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS If it is impractical to add a top-level kbuild file, you can assign a space separated list |