Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt lists variables used in Makefile
whereas Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt describes user assignable
parameters given via environments or the command line.
LDFLAGS_MODULE is a command line interface, so it should be dropped
from makefiles.txt.
Some lines below in this file, it is clearly explained that
KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE is the right one for the internal use:
KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE Options for $(LD) when linking modules
$(KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch-specific options
used when linking modules. This is often a linker script.
From commandline LDFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
Then, kbuild.txt explains LDFLAGS_MODULE, like follows:
LDFLAGS_MODULE
--------------------------------------------------
Additional options used for $(LD) when linking modules.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 667cd899..048fc39 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -837,12 +837,6 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
Note: ldflags-y can be used to further customise
the flags used. See chapter 3.7.
- LDFLAGS_MODULE Options for $(LD) when linking modules
-
- LDFLAGS_MODULE is used to set specific flags for $(LD) when
- linking the .ko files used for modules.
- Default is "-r", for relocatable output.
-
LDFLAGS_vmlinux Options for $(LD) when linking vmlinux
LDFLAGS_vmlinux is used to specify additional flags to pass to
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