This patch makes it possible to execute make O=work instead of mkdir work make O=work Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 2652089..a4769ac 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),) # Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables # check that the output directory actually exists saved-output := $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) -KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && /bin/pwd) +KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell mkdir -p $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && /bin/pwd) $(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),, \ $(error output directory "$(saved-output)" does not exist)) -- 1.7.7 -- 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