Hi, if you use O=/someotherdir or KBUILD_OUTPUT=/someotherdir on the following architectures: alpha, mips, sh and cris, the build process is probably going to fail at one point or another, depending on the target you used, because make can't find scripts/Makefile.build or scripts/Makefile.clean. The following patch (which should apply cleanly to the latest 2.6.6 bk tree) fixes this, I greped the whole tree and these four were the only "offenders" I found. PS: Andrew I mailed you because I couldn't find the maintainer for the sh port and you're the last who touched arch/sh/Makefile --- arch/alpha/Makefile.orig 2004-05-15 20:46:06.000000000 -0400 +++ arch/alpha/Makefile 2004-05-15 20:47:52.000000000 -0400 @@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ boot := arch/alpha/boot all boot: $(boot)/vmlinux.gz $(boot)/vmlinux.gz: vmlinux - $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=$(boot) $@ + $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $@ bootimage bootpfile bootpzfile: vmlinux - $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=$(boot) $(boot)/$@ + $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@ prepare: include/asm-$(ARCH)/asm_offsets.h @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ include/asm-$(ARCH)/asm_offsets.h: arch/ $(call filechk,gen-asm-offsets) archclean: - $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=$(boot) + $(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(boot) CLEAN_FILES += include/asm-$(ARCH)/asm_offsets.h --- arch/mips/Makefile.orig 2004-05-15 20:48:52.000000000 -0400 +++ arch/mips/Makefile 2004-05-15 20:49:58.000000000 -0400 @@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ vmlinux.64: vmlinux --change-addresses=0xa800000080000000 $< $@ endif -makeboot =$(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=arch/mips/boot $(1) +makeboot =$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/mips/boot $(1) ifdef CONFIG_SGI_IP27 all: vmlinux.64 @@ -708,9 +708,9 @@ CLEAN_FILES += vmlinux.ecoff \ vmlinux.rm200 archclean: - @$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/mips/boot - @$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/mips/baget - @$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/mips/lasat + @$(MAKE) $(clean)=arch/mips/boot + @$(MAKE) $(clean)=arch/mips/baget + @$(MAKE) $(clean)=arch/mips/lasat # Generate <asm/offset.h # --- arch/sh/boot/Makefile.orig 2004-05-15 20:50:11.000000000 -0400 +++ arch/sh/boot/Makefile 2004-05-15 20:50:41.000000000 -0400 @@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ $(obj)/zImage: $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux @echo 'Kernel: $@ is ready' $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux: FORCE - $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=$(obj)/compressed $@ + $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(obj)/compressed $@ --- arch/cris/Makefile.orig 2004-05-15 20:59:49.000000000 -0400 +++ arch/cris/Makefile 2004-05-15 21:00:36.000000000 -0400 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ compressed: zImage archmrproper: archclean: - $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/$(ARCH)/boot + $(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=arch/$(ARCH)/boot rm -f timage vmlinux.bin cramfs.img rm -rf $(LD_SCRIPT).tmp -- Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer E-Mail: mchouque@xxxxxxxxx Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. -- Hanlon's Razor --