With the incremental linking entirely dropped, we can simplify the Makefile. While I am here, I renamed cmd_link_o_target to cmd_ar_builtin. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/Makefile.build | 13 ++++--------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build index 66461e9..e5c1aa3 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.build +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build @@ -450,17 +450,12 @@ ifdef builtin-target # makes them small and fast, but unable to be used by the linker. # scripts/link-vmlinux.sh builds an aggregate built-in.a with a symbol # table and index. -cmd_make_builtin = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcSTP$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) -cmd_make_empty_builtin = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcSTP$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) -quiet_cmd_link_o_target = AR $@ - -# If the list of objects to link is empty, just create an empty built-in.a -cmd_link_o_target = $(if $(strip $(real-obj-y)),\ - $(cmd_make_builtin) $@ $(filter $(real-obj-y), $^), \ - $(cmd_make_empty_builtin) $@) +quiet_cmd_ar_builtin = AR $@ + cmd_ar_builtin = rm -f $@; \ + $(AR) rcSTP$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) $@ $(filter $(real-obj-y), $^) $(builtin-target): $(real-obj-y) FORCE - $(call if_changed,link_o_target) + $(call if_changed,ar_builtin) targets += $(builtin-target) endif # builtin-target -- 2.7.4 -- 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