On 08/27/2011 03:18 AM, Sam Ravnborg wrote: >> >> 1. Is there a better place than others to put these generated files >> (i.e. other than $(obj)/arch/x86/include/asm)? > $(obj)/arch/x86/include/generated > > This is what generic-y supports uses. > >> >> 2. Is there a better place than others to put the rules for generate >> these files? >> >> 3. There needs to be an arch-specific way to encode the dependency >> before asm-offsets.h is generated. Preferences here? > > Use "archprepare". > > Something like this in arch/x86/Makefile: > > archprepare: arch/x86/tools/syscall-magic.sh > $(CONFIG_SHELL) $< > > It should IIRC be execute before we try to create asm-offsets.h. > So there is no dependency issues. > I'll try this and see how it works out. Sounds quite clean. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- 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
