From: george anzinger <george@mvista.com>
To: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: is kernel compilation supposed to change header file timestamps?
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 10:07:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D651A3A.7125243F@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D65142F.116481FB@nortelnetworks.com>
Chris Friesen wrote:
>
> I noticed the other day that on a kernel compile, the timestamps of some files are changed. The
> funny thing is that all the changed ones are header files, but not all header files are modified.
>
> Is this expected behaviour?
>
Yes, it has to do with how dependencies are propagated from
header file to header file (i.e. where a header file
includes another). Or, at least, I think this is what is
going on.
--
George Anzinger george@mvista.com
High-res-timers:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers/
Preemption patch:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-22 17:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-22 16:41 Chris Friesen
2002-08-22 17:07 ` george anzinger [this message]
2002-08-22 17:31 ` Sam Ravnborg
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