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Date:   Sun, 17 Jun 2018 09:47:30 +0900
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/9] Makefile: Prepare for using macros for inline asm
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2018-06-14 5:36 GMT+09:00 Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>:
>>
>> > +macros: $(obj)/macros.s
>> > +       @:
>>
>> If you add a phony target, it should be added to 'PHONY'.
>
> Or this part:
>> +archmacros:
>> +       $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/kernel macros
>
> could be modified to specify the exact filename so this indirection is not needed.

Yes, it could work.

Actually, two styles co-exist in arch/x86/Makefile.
(archprepare vs archscripts)


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Masahiro Yamada