- These days if_changed is used with many more commands than ld,
objcopy, and gzip, hence add an ellipsis,
- Any target that utilises if_changed must be listed in $(targets),
so it needs an assignment to "targets", not "target".
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 3b416592cc44..1c6056f1b95f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
Usage:
target: source(s) FORCE
- $(call if_changed,ld/objcopy/gzip)
+ $(call if_changed,ld/objcopy/gzip/...)
When the rule is evaluated, it is checked to see if any files
need an update, or the command line has changed since the last
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
significant; for instance, the below will fail (note the extra space
after the comma):
target: source(s) FORCE
- #WRONG!# $(call if_changed, ld/objcopy/gzip)
+ #WRONG!# $(call if_changed, ld/objcopy/gzip/...)
ld
Link target. Often, LDFLAGS_$@ is used to set specific options to ld.
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
The ": %: %.o" part of the prerequisite is a shorthand that
free us from listing the setup.o and bootsect.o files.
- Note: It is a common mistake to forget the "target :=" assignment,
+ Note: It is a common mistake to forget the "targets :=" assignment,
resulting in the target file being recompiled for no
obvious reason.
--
1.9.1
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