Re: [PATCH] kbuild: do not add srctree to sysroot relative includes

[Michal Marek]

On 2016-08-16 13:40, Lars Persson wrote:
> We need to filter out also -I=/path to allow sysroot relative
> include paths in the makefiles of external modules.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lars Persson <larper@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  scripts/Kbuild.include | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
> index 1792198..ffe5c6c 100644
> --- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
> +++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
> @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ hdr-inst := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.headersinst obj
>  # Prefix -I with $(srctree) if it is not an absolute path.
>  # skip if -I has no parameter
>  addtree = $(if $(patsubst -I%,%,$(1)), \
> -$(if $(filter-out -I/% -I./% -I../%,$(1)),$(patsubst -I%,-I$(srctree)/%,$(1)),$(1)))
> +$(if $(filter-out -I/% -I./% -I../% -I=%,$(1)),$(patsubst -I%,-I$(srctree)/%,$(1)),$(1)))

Hi Lars,

Two questions: 1) Where is the -I=/... syntax documented? I could not
find it gcc docs. 2) Why do these Makefiles use --sysroot at all? The
kernel does not use any system libraries and the host programs are
compiled for the host architecture.

Michal