Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: Extract kernel headers for out of tree modules
 build
To: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@intel.com>
References: <1439967036-18297-1-git-send-email-daniel.baluta@intel.com>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        octavian.purdila@intel.com, bogdan.m.davidoaia@intel.com
From: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com>
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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:50:44 +0200
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On 2015-08-19 08:50, Daniel Baluta wrote:
> scripts/package/builddeb already creates a linux-keader .deb
> package, but we need this feature also for non-Debian distros
> (e.g. Android or LFS).

Kbuild supports building out-of-tree modules by providing the
/lib/modules/*/build and /lib/modules/*/source symlinks, pointing to the
whole build/source trees. IMO, an optimization like your script should
remain part of the distro packaging, which also takes care of the symlinks.

Michal
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