On 10/21/22 14:48, Federico Vaga wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 01:11:18PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: >> Hi-- >> >> On 10/21/22 03:14, Federico Vaga wrote: >>> Most, if not all, Linux distributions provides a Linux development >>> package which purpose is to support the building of out-of-tree modules >>> without providing the entire source tree. >>> >>> What ends up in this development directory is a mixture of source >>> files (mainly headers) and generated ones (headers, and tools produced >>> by `make modules_prepare`). >>> >>> This patch is an attempt to generate a tarball archive containing all >>> required files to build external modules. It could be than reused by >>> packagers. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@xxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> Makefile | 2 +- >>> scripts/Makefile.package | 13 +++ >>> scripts/package/buildtar-devel | 207 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> 3 files changed, 221 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >>> create mode 100644 scripts/package/buildtar-devel >> >> Is there a patch 2/2? I don't see it anywhere. > > My mistake. > > Yes there is a second one but I did not want to send it becuase it is about > generalizing buildtar to build 3 type of tarballs: the linux binaries to be > placed in /boot, the header files for user-space, and the development headers > and tools for out-of-tree modules (this patch). Ah, I was wondering why this change was included: diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index cfbe6a7de640..36a58394ce16 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ CLEAN_FILES += include/ksym vmlinux.symvers modules-only.symvers \ # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper' MRPROPER_FILES += include/config include/generated \ arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated .objdiff \ - debian snap tar-install \ + debian snap tar-install* \ .config .config.old .version \ Module.symvers \ certs/signing_key.pem \ so I think that you just explained it. > The second one makes sense, only if this one makes sense. That's why I wrote few > lines in the RFC cover letter. I should have used the format-patch option to not > enumerate patches :) > >> thanks. >> -- >> ~Randy > -- ~Randy
