Re: [PATCH v8 2/4] kbuild: generate offset range data for builtin modules
From: Miguel Ojeda
Date: Sat Aug 24 2024 - 12:45:08 EST
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 7:24 PM Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I assume they wanted to avoid conflicts between Rust-specific
> environment variables and existing Kbuild variables. Note that
> KBUILD_MODFILE is also double quoted for the C preprocessor, which
> isn't needed for Rust. Miguel, do you remember if there's another
> reason for the different variable name?
No, I don't recall another reason -- I think you are right, they did
not carry (exactly) the same contents, and thus the different name.
So I think it can be merged/changed into something else if needed.
Cheers,
Miguel