From: Zhengyuan Liu <liuzhengyuan@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 1985f8c7f9a42a651a9750d6fcadc74336d182df upstream. If we compile tools/acpi target in the top source directory, we'd get a compilation error showing as bellow: # make tools/acpi DESCEND power/acpi DESCEND tools/acpidbg CC tools/acpidbg/acpidbg.o Assembler messages: Fatal error: can't create /home/lzy/kernel-upstream/power/acpi/\ tools/acpidbg/acpidbg.o: No such file or directory ../../Makefile.rules:26: recipe for target '/home/lzy/kernel-upstream/\ power/acpi/tools/acpidbg/acpidbg.o' failed make[3]: *** [/home/lzy/kernel-upstream//power/acpi/tools/acpidbg/\ acpidbg.o] Error 1 Makefile:19: recipe for target 'acpidbg' failed make[2]: *** [acpidbg] Error 2 Makefile:54: recipe for target 'acpi' failed make[1]: *** [acpi] Error 2 Makefile:1607: recipe for target 'tools/acpi' failed make: *** [tools/acpi] Error 2 Fixes: d5a4b1a540b8 ("tools/power/acpi: Remove direct kernel source include reference") Signed-off-by: Zhengyuan Liu <liuzhengyuan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/power/acpi/Makefile.config | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/tools/power/acpi/Makefile.config +++ b/tools/power/acpi/Makefile.config @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include $(srctree)/../../scripts/Makefil OUTPUT=$(srctree)/ ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line") - OUTPUT := $(O)/power/acpi/ + OUTPUT := $(O)/tools/power/acpi/ endif #$(info Determined 'OUTPUT' to be $(OUTPUT))