On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 04:56:13AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > KBUILD: Create the source symlink earlier in the objdir > > It's useful to already have the source symlink in a > objdir when one just runs make *config. Then one > can do > > mkdir obj-allyes > cd obj-allyes > make -C ../sourcedir O=$(pwd) allyesconfig > ./source/scripts/config --disable debug_info > make CC=icecc -j18 > > without having to interrupt the make first just to > get the source symlink. > > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > Makefile | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > Index: linux-2.6.28-kbuild/Makefile > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.28-kbuild.orig/Makefile 2009-01-07 22:16:49.000000000 +0100 > +++ linux-2.6.28-kbuild/Makefile 2009-01-10 04:50:53.000000000 +0100 > @@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ > # output directory. > outputmakefile: > ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),) > + @ln -fsn $(srctree) $(objtree)/source > $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile \ > $(srctree) $(objtree) $(VERSION) $(PATCHLEVEL) > endif But we do not want to create this symlink in two places. So the following is better: Sam diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 22d7584..76ee131 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ PHONY += outputmakefile # separate output directory. This allows convenient use of make in the # output directory. outputmakefile: + $(Q)ln -fsn $(srctree) source ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),) $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile \ $(srctree) $(objtree) $(VERSION) $(PATCHLEVEL) @@ -946,7 +947,6 @@ ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),) mkdir -p include2; \ ln -fsn $(srctree)/include/asm-$(SRCARCH) include2/asm; \ fi - ln -fsn $(srctree) source endif # prepare2 creates a makefile if using a separate output directory -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
