Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261286AbVCTVwK (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:52:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261289AbVCTVwK (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:52:10 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:32727 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261286AbVCTVwH (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:52:07 -0500 Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:51:42 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Magnus Damm cc: Russell King , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: af_unix.c, KBUILD_MODNAME and unix In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20050320135207.A12839@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> 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: 738 Lines: 21 >> Why is not KBUILD_MODNAME=af_unix ? > >The exact solution does not matter that much to me, and I'm afraid I >do not know how changing KBUILD_MODNAME affects the rest of the >codebase. So basically - someone else should decide... but who? KBUILD_MODNAME is "not used", which means you can use it for anything that like. You can undef it, redefine, thwap it all over and whatnot. It's a generosity from /usr/bin/make generally providing the module with its own name. Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/