This is probably stale code. In old days (~ Linux 2.5.59), Kbuild made
genksyms generate include/linux/modules/*.ver files.
The currenct Kbuild does not generate *.ver files at all.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/basic/fixdep.c | 8 +-------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
index 9ba47b0a47b9..ad2041817985 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
@@ -77,11 +77,6 @@
* dependencies on include/config/my/option.h for every
* CONFIG_MY_OPTION encountered in any of the prerequisites.
*
- * It will also filter out all the dependencies on *.ver. We need
- * to make sure that the generated version checksum are globally up
- * to date before even starting the recursive build, so it's too late
- * at this point anyway.
- *
* We don't even try to really parse the header files, but
* merely grep, i.e. if CONFIG_FOO is mentioned in a comment, it will
* be picked up as well. It's not a problem with respect to
@@ -299,8 +294,7 @@ static void *read_file(const char *filename)
static int is_ignored_file(const char *s, int len)
{
return str_ends_with(s, len, "include/generated/autoconf.h") ||
- str_ends_with(s, len, "include/generated/autoksyms.h") ||
- str_ends_with(s, len, ".ver");
+ str_ends_with(s, len, "include/generated/autoksyms.h");
}
/*
--
2.17.1
