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To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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Subject: [PATCH] Re: [RFC] Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
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Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> Third version with input from Randy incorporated - thanks!
> Also added LDFLAGS_MODULE
> 
> 	Sam
> 
> Linux Kernel Makefiles
> 
> This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles.

This looks like an extremely useful document.  A few suggestions attached.

HTH,

Eli
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--- makefiledoc.txt.orig	Tue Jan  7 11:43:23 2003
+++ makefiledoc.txt	Tue Jan  7 12:05:13 2003
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
 
 --- 4.3 Defining shared libraries  
   
-	Objects with extension .so is considered shared libraries, and will
+	Objects with extension .so are considered shared libraries, and will
 	be compiled as position independent objects.
 	Kbuild provides support for shared libraries, but the usage
 	shall be restricted.
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
 	as a prerequisite.
 	This is possible in two ways:
 
-	(1) List the prerequisite explicit in a special rule.
+	(1) List the prerequisite explicitly in a special rule.
 
 	Example:
 		#drivers/pci/Makefile
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@
 		$(obj)/devlist.h: $(src)/pci.ids $(obj)/gen-devlist
 			( cd $(obj); ./gen-devlist ) < $<
 
-	The target $(obj)/devlist.h will not be build before 
+	The target $(obj)/devlist.h will not be built before 
 	$(obj)/gen-devlist is updated. Note that references to
 	the host programs in special rules must be prefixed with $(obj).
 

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