Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753974Ab0LCUrN (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Dec 2010 15:47:13 -0500 Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:54117 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753897Ab0LCUrM (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Dec 2010 15:47:12 -0500 Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 21:47:10 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Mark Hounschell , Alex Deucher Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel tree "diff -urN" anomaly? Message-ID: <20101203204709.GA17591@merkur.ravnborg.org> References: <4CF949AF.1000502@compro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CF949AF.1000502@compro.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1120 Lines: 26 On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 02:49:03PM -0500, Mark Hounschell wrote: > I start with two clean identical 2.6.36.1 kernel trees (different names > of coarse). I build one of them. I then do a "make clean mrproper" in > the tree I built. Why then does the diff command in the subject line > find the following files changed? > > drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_reg_safe.h > drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100_reg_safe.h > drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r200_reg_safe.h > drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r300_reg_safe.h > divers/gpu/drm/radeon/r420_reg_safe.h > drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_reg_safe.h > drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rn50_reg_safe.h > drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rs600_reg_safe.h > drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rv515_reg_safe.h Files are generated during the build. So after you have build your kernel the files are present. And the Makefile is missing logic to delete the files during "make clean". 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/