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| author | Richard Hacker <lerichi@gmx.net> | 2008-02-28 09:40:58 +0100 |
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| committer | Sam Ravnborg <sam@uranus.ravnborg.org> | 2008-04-25 20:45:26 +0200 |
| commit | 0d96fb20b7ed757fc936bb35e26c22251a75b734 (patch) | |
| tree | 6a82ad54353d40ddc97dbb600b214a1944f023c2 /Documentation/kbuild | |
| parent | 2d04b5ae1bf527201a7505c9be7526c43ebd2930 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-0d96fb20b7ed757fc936bb35e26c22251a75b734.tar.gz lwn-0d96fb20b7ed757fc936bb35e26c22251a75b734.zip | |
kbuild: Add new Kbuild variable KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS
This patch adds a new (Kbuild) Makefile variable KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS.
The space separated list of file names assigned to KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS
is used when calling scripts/mod/modpost during stage 2 of the Kbuild
process for non-kernel-tree modules.
Signed-off-by: Richard Hacker <lerichi@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kbuild')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt index 1d247d59ad56..1821c077b435 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt @@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ Module.symvers contains a list of all exported symbols from a kernel build. Sometimes, an external module uses exported symbols from another external module. Kbuild needs to have full knowledge on all symbols to avoid spitting out warnings about undefined symbols. - Two solutions exist to let kbuild know all symbols of more than + Three solutions exist to let kbuild know all symbols of more than one external module. The method with a top-level kbuild file is recommended but may be impractical in certain situations. @@ -523,6 +523,13 @@ Module.symvers contains a list of all exported symbols from a kernel build. containing the sum of all symbols defined and not part of the kernel. + Use make variable KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS in the Makefile + If it is impractical to copy Module.symvers from another + module, you can assign a space separated list of files to + KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS in your Makfile. These files will be + loaded by modpost during the initialisation of its symbol + tables. + === 8. Tips & Tricks --- 8.1 Testing for CONFIG_FOO_BAR |