From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264069AbTDJPPB (for ); Thu, 10 Apr 2003 11:15:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264070AbTDJPPB (for ); Thu, 10 Apr 2003 11:15:01 -0400 Received: from pasmtp.tele.dk ([193.162.159.95]:51982 "EHLO pasmtp.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264069AbTDJPPA (for ); Thu, 10 Apr 2003 11:15:00 -0400 Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 17:26:35 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: R S-P Chan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Does kbuild 2.5 support separate obj/src trees Message-ID: <20030410152635.GA1577@mars.ravnborg.org> Mail-Followup-To: R S-P Chan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3E939034.8010106@dso.org.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E939034.8010106@dso.org.sg> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 11:15:00AM +0800, R S-P Chan wrote: > Haven't been building kernels for a while but the Makefile contains > srctree/objtree variables - so does kbuild 2.5 now support > separate obj/src trees? Tks. Not yet. I have posted a patch enabling this a couple of times, but it has not mainstream kernel yet :-( There is people that request this feature, and it is doable - with some annoying restrictions. The main issue is that the kernel src shall be free of generated files when compiling for a separate objtree. I got limited feedback on the implementataion so far. The patch will most likely be updated during easter. Sam