Messages in this thread | | | From | Masahiro Yamada <> | Date | Thu, 21 May 2020 12:57:31 +0900 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 09/29] kbuild: disallow multi-word in M= or KBUILD_EXTMOD |
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On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 9:33 PM David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com> wrote: > > From: Masahiro Yamada > > Sent: 17 May 2020 10:49 > > $(firstword ...) in scripts/Makefile.modpost was added by commit > > 3f3fd3c05585 ("[PATCH] kbuild: allow multi-word $M in Makefile.modpost") > > to build multiple external module directories. > > > > This feature has been broken for a while. Remove the bitrotten code, and > > stop parsing if M or KBUILD_EXTMOD contains multiple words. > > ISTR that one of the kernel documentation files says that it is possible > to build multiple modules together in order to avoid 'faffing' with > exported symbol lists. > > So the docs need updating to match.
Do you remember which doc mentions it?
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