Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:43:01 +0100
> Marc Hartmayer <mhartmay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> > On Mon, 16 Jan 2023 18:57:55 +0100
>> > Marc Hartmayer <mhartmay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Use the C pre-processor for the linker script generation. For example,
>> >> this enables us the use of constants in the "linker scripts" `*.lds.S`.
>> >
>> > please explain that the original .lds scripts are being renamed to
>> > .lds.S, and that the .lds are now generated.
>>
>> Okay.
>>
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Marc Hartmayer <mhartmay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> ---
>> >> .gitignore | 1 +
>> >> s390x/Makefile | 6 ++++--
>> >> s390x/{flat.lds => flat.lds.S} | 0
>> >> s390x/snippets/asm/{flat.lds => flat.lds.S} | 0
>> >> s390x/snippets/c/{flat.lds => flat.lds.S} | 0
>> >> 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >> rename s390x/{flat.lds => flat.lds.S} (100%)
>> >> rename s390x/snippets/asm/{flat.lds => flat.lds.S} (100%)
>> >> rename s390x/snippets/c/{flat.lds => flat.lds.S} (100%)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
>> >> index 601822d67325..29f352c5ceb6 100644
>> >> --- a/.gitignore
>> >> +++ b/.gitignore
>> >> @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ cscope.*
>> >> /s390x/comm.key
>> >> /s390x/snippets/*/*.hdr
>> >> /s390x/snippets/*/*.*obj
>> >> +/s390x/**/*.lds
>> >
>> > why ** ?
>>
>> Because all of our linker scripts are generated now:
>>
>> s390x/snippets/(c|asm)/*.lds
>>
>> and
>>
>> s390x/*.lds
>>
>> […snip]
>>
>
> I still don't understand why ** instead of just * ?
“A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash matches zero
or more directories. For example, "a/**/b" matches "a/b", "a/x/b",
"a/x/y/b" and so on.” [1]
[1] https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore
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