Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265463AbUFXPFa (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:05:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265418AbUFXPFa (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:05:30 -0400 Received: from smtp-out2.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.12]:64524 "EHLO smtp-out2.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265455AbUFXPEs (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:04:48 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:04:30 +0200 (CEST) From: Roman Zippel X-X-Sender: roman@scrub.local To: Jari Ruusu cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.7-mm2 In-Reply-To: <40DAD511.A19CEFB7@users.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: References: <20040624014655.5d2a4bfb.akpm@osdl.org> <40DAD511.A19CEFB7@users.sourceforge.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 670 Lines: 19 Hi, On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Jari Ruusu wrote: > This breaks existing recommended syntax for external modules, because the > mini Makefile in object directory always provides O= even in cases where > calling code specified its own object directory: > > make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build modules M=`pwd` O=/foo Where is this recommended? How do you know that "/foo" is better directory on a random system? bye, Roman - 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/