Re: [KBUILD] PATCH 2.4.0.9.8: support for external module building

From: Christoph Hellwig (hch@caldera.de)
Date: Mon Oct 02 2000 - 08:22:01 EST


On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 08:06:08AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Linus,
>
> The attached patch against 2.4.0-test9-pre8 greatly improves support
> for maintaining open source modules outside the kernel.
>
> This patch changes linux/Makefile to export all important Make settings
> with each kernel build, so that external modules can then pick up that
> info and build with the -exact- configuration that the kernel itself was
> built with.
>
> The patch also includes docs for the feature, and adds
> include/linux/module.mak for use in external module Makefiles.

Could you change module.mak to use a new-style syntax (obj-foo).
We'd like to get rid of the old *_OBJS stuff as soon as possible.
(Or let Olaf do it ;).

        Christoph

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