On 2014-08-25 10:50, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > the simple fix is to have "Entering directory" print full path. > > [Stable needed for 3.16] > CC: Stable Tree <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <boaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Makefile | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index 6b27741..973c48f 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ $(filter-out _all sub-make $(CURDIR)/Makefile, $(MAKECMDGOALS)) _all: sub-make > quiet_echodir := @echo > silent_echodir := @: > sub-make: FORCE > - $($(quiet)echodir) "make[1]: Entering directory \`$(KBUILD_OUTPUT)'" > + $($(quiet)echodir) "make[1]: Entering directory \`$(CURDIR)/$(KBUILD_OUTPUT)'" KBUILD_OUTPUT is converted to an absolute path a few lines earlier: KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell mkdir -p $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) \ && /bin/pwd) So I don't understand why are you getting a message with a relative path. I get an absolute path as expected here: $ mkdir aaa $ make O=aaa defconfig make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mmarek/linux-2.6/aaa' ... Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html