Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756640AbaDPVIa (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:08:30 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:55040 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756561AbaDPVI3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:08:29 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:08:26 +0200 From: Michal Marek To: "Zhao, Gang" Cc: LKML , Andrew Morton , Kyungsik Lee , Markus Trippelsdorf Subject: Re: [PATCH] .gitignore: ignore Module.symvers in all directories Message-ID: <20140416210826.GA20810@fiji.localdomain> References: <415f152dbdb6d675ebca57afd8bfbc785a70cfd1.1397458539.git.gamerh2o@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <415f152dbdb6d675ebca57afd8bfbc785a70cfd1.1397458539.git.gamerh2o@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 02:56:15PM +0800, Zhao, Gang wrote: > When using `make M=/path/to/driver modules` to build a module, file > Module.symvers will be created in that directory, so it's better to > ignore it in all directories. > > Slightly reordered, let specific file names behind general ones. > > Cc: Andrew Morton > Cc: Kyungsik Lee > Cc: Markus Trippelsdorf > Signed-off-by: Zhao, Gang Note that the easier way to build a subtree of the kernel source is make path/to/driver/ including the trailing /. But the M=... syntax seems so widespread that I have to apply this. BTW: there is really no need to CC the last N people who touched such a trivial file :). Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/