Hi, On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 6.5.2010 05:53, os user wrote: >> Hi, I have a question about the top-level Makefile >> >> # The all: target is the default when no target is given on the >> # command line. >> # This allow a user to issue only 'make' to build a kernel including modules >> # Defaults vmlinux but it is usually overridden in the arch makefile >> all: vmlinux >> >> From the last comment, arch makefile will override vmlinux. It seems >> vmlinux will not be checked by `make'. But from my test, although >> `all:' will be re-defined in arch Makefile (ARM arch), vmlinux will >> still be checked and the commands associated will be executed. Should >> we use another word instead of "overridden"? > > "Defaults to vmlinux, but the arch makefile usually adds further targets"? It seems this makes more sense. :-) BR > > Michal > -- 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
