Re: [PATCH v3 07/12] kbuild: modpost: read modules.order instead of $(MODVERDIR)/*.mod

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hi Jan,

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 5:39 PM Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
>
> This affects also external modules builds: I have patterns here that do
>
> [Makefile]
> subdir-y := some-module
>
> [some-module/Makefile]
> obj-m := some-module.o
>
> and since this patch, the final some-module.ko is no longer built. Am I missing
> something in the kbuild makefiles, or is this a regression?

Thanks for the report.
Interesting. I have never imagined that Makefiles were written like that.

I just wrote a fix-up, but I have not determined to apply it.
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11059033/

It is easy to fixup your Makefile, though.

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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada