Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751205AbVJPVOp (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:14:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751228AbVJPVOo (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:14:44 -0400 Received: from pfepc.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.237]:36956 "EHLO pfepc.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751205AbVJPVOo (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:14:44 -0400 Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:15:17 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Mark Rustad Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.14-rc4] kbuild: once again use Makefiles in obj tree Message-ID: <20051016211517.GA26616@mars.ravnborg.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 898 Lines: 20 On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 09:23:28AM -0500, Mark Rustad wrote: > I believe that I have found and fixed the problem that I encountered earlier this week > with Makefiles not being used from the objects tree as they had been in every 2.6 kernel > I have worked with since 2.6.5. I I view this as a regression in 2.6.14-rc4. I believe > that the following patch fixes it. Hi Mark. kbuild will not guarantee you way of working in all cases. Therefore no special implementation will be accepted to try to support it for specific files. The changes you point out that breaks your working methodology was added to fix broken support for external modules. Sam - 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/