On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 11:09:54AM -0700, Tony Luck wrote: > On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Just a minor nit that I can't figure out. Following a build, a > > git-status shows untracked files of: > > > > # Untracked files: > > # (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) > > # > > # arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds > > # include/asm-ia64/ > > > > I posted a change for the vmlinux.lds (or maybe it was just a question), > > I think I remember that ... but I can't find it in the e-mail > archives. vmlinux.lds > needs to be added to .gitignore > > > but I am not sure what to do with include/asm-ia64/. It contains two > > files that are generated: > > asm-offsets.h nr-irqs.h > > > > I get the feeling we should be generating those into > > arch/ia64/include/asm, but I am not certain. > > Sam said in reply to a similar question: > > asm-offsets.h is a generated file and I wanted to avoid adding > generated files to arch/$ARCH/include. > > It was also a less intrusive patch to keep it at the old location. > But I recall that it troubles me a bit before I got it > correct but the kbuild changes all take care of this. > > So this is currently correct ... but it sounds like it may change if > someone comes up with a better idea for where generated header > files should go. For now we need to keep them in include/asm... otherwise we will break make O=... builds. sh fall into that trap. Sam > > -Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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