* Kbuild files and backwards compatibility.
@ 2005-03-08 11:19 Ian Campbell
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From: Ian Campbell @ 2005-03-08 11:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: sam; +Cc: lkml
Hi,
Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt suggests using "include Kbuild" in
external modules Makefile to retain backward compatibility with older
(pre separate Kbuild) kernels.
This doesn't appear to be quite correct:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/18285
Using $(src)/Kbuild seems to work, with 2.6.9 at least.
--- 2.6.orig/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt 2005-03-02 15:59:58.000000000 +0000
+++ 2.6/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt 2005-03-08 11:16:39.252459179 +0000
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
--> filename: Makefile
ifneq ($(KERNELRELEASE),)
- include Kbuild
+ include $(src)/Kbuild
else
# Normal Makefile
Cheers,
Ian.
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