On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 03:55:56PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 02/09/2011 09:54 PM, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 04:06:07PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> I'm stuck with a problem where a header needs specific postprocessing in > >> addition to what headers_install.pl does. Is that possible as things > >> currently sit, or will that require changes to the core kbuild scripts? > > You will nned to patch core kbuild. > > We do no processing apart from headers_install.pl - so there is no place > > to hook in. > > And headers_install.pl has not been prepared to do any tricks like that. > > Would you (plural) consider a patchset looking something like: > > when processing foo.h, also look for foo.h.pl; if so, invoke that from > inside headers_install.pl? The purpose of headers_install is to install the existing kernel headers and during the installation process do some minimal adjustments to make then suit userspace consumption. What you suggest smells like something else - care to explain what you have in mind? Sam -- 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
