X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fkbuild%2Fmakefiles.txt;h=d802ce88bedc923e5d5a6f49ec9bdc2deacb85bc;hb=5bb78269000cf326bfdfa19f79449c02a9158020;hp=9a1586590d827fcb11943247362c527dbe419105;hpb=9fe66dfd8846706ff11ed7990d06c92644973bd8;p=mirror_ubuntu-artful-kernel.git diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index 9a1586590d82..d802ce88bedc 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles. === 6 Architecture Makefiles --- 6.1 Set variables to tweak the build to the architecture - --- 6.2 Add prerequisites to prepare: + --- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archprepare: --- 6.3 List directories to visit when descending --- 6.4 Architecture specific boot images --- 6.5 Building non-kbuild targets @@ -734,18 +734,18 @@ When kbuild executes the following steps are followed (roughly): for loadable kernel modules. ---- 6.2 Add prerequisites to prepare: +--- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archprepare: - The prepare: rule is used to list prerequisites that needs to be + The archprepare: rule is used to list prerequisites that needs to be built before starting to descend down in the subdirectories. This is usual header files containing assembler constants. Example: - #arch/s390/Makefile - prepare: include/asm-$(ARCH)/offsets.h + #arch/arm/Makefile + archprepare: maketools - In this example the file include/asm-$(ARCH)/offsets.h will - be built before descending down in the subdirectories. + In this example the file target maketools will be processed + before descending down in the subdirectories. See also chapter XXX-TODO that describe how kbuild supports generating offset header files.