Re: [PATCH v7 8/8] kbuild: modinst: do modules_install step by step

[Shreenidhi Shedi]

On 04/08/23 19:36, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 08:23:58PM +0530, Shreenidhi Shedi wrote:
> > Currently Makefile.modinst does three tasks on each module built:
> > - Install modules
> > - Sign modules
> > - Compress modules
> >
> > All the above tasks happen from a single place.
> >
> > This patch divides this task further and uses a different makefile for
> > each task.
> > Signing module logic is completely refactored and everything happens
> > from a shell script now.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shreenidhi Shedi <yesshedi@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   scripts/Makefile.compress |  53 ++++++++++++++++++
> >   scripts/Makefile.install  |  66 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   scripts/Makefile.modinst  | 111 +++-----------------------------------
> >   scripts/Makefile.sign     |  37 +++++++++++++
> >   scripts/signfile.sh       |  24 +++++++++
> >   5 files changed, 186 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)
> >   create mode 100644 scripts/Makefile.compress
> >   create mode 100644 scripts/Makefile.install
> >   create mode 100644 scripts/Makefile.sign
> >   create mode 100755 scripts/signfile.sh
>
> As you are touching the build process, you should always cc: the proper
> mailing list, and the KBUILD maintainer.  Please do so for this series,
> as that is the proper tree for this to go through.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

Thanks for the inputs Greg.

CC-ing linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx as suggested.

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Shedi