This description was added 20 years ago [1]. It does not convey any useful information except for a feeling of nostalgia. [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=65e433436b5794ae056d22ddba60fe9194bba007 Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst index 1014a275a7e1..268ebbd2ab74 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst @@ -521,9 +521,3 @@ build. ext2-y := balloc.o bitmap.o dir.o ext2-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR) += xattr.o - - External modules have traditionally used "grep" to check for - specific `CONFIG_` settings directly in .config. This usage is - broken. As introduced before, external modules should use - kbuild for building and can therefore use the same methods as - in-tree modules when testing for `CONFIG_` definitions. -- 2.43.0
