On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 05:19:57PM -0700, Tim Chen wrote: > Currently I have a module foo that has only 1 file foo.c. However, I > need to add another assembly file (bar.S) to the module and wonder what > is the best way to modify the Makefile without having to rename foo.c. > > My original Makefile looks like: > > obj-$(CONFIG_FOO) += foo.o > > I have to rename foo.c to baz.c, then update the Makefile as below to > get things to work. > > obj-$(CONFIG_FOO) += foo.o > foo-y := baz.o bar.S > > However, is there a way to change the Makefile so I don't have to > rename foo.c? That will reduce the size of the patch I have to > generate. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. You need to rename the file - there are no other options. With respect to patch size. Patch 1/2 is the renaming + Makefile. If you use git use "-D -M" options IIRC. Patch 2/2 is the actual code changes. So you do not hide your code changes in the renaming. 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
