From: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
To: os user <gnusercn@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: One question about top-level Makefile.
Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 15:57:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BE2CAAE.1020802@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <u2l34f262ce1005052053z1cfe6d1an6c509e847ba4b40@mail.gmail.com>
On 6.5.2010 05:53, os user wrote:
> Hi, I have a question about the top-level Makefile
>
> # The all: target is the default when no target is given on the
> # command line.
> # This allow a user to issue only 'make' to build a kernel including modules
> # Defaults vmlinux but it is usually overridden in the arch makefile
> all: vmlinux
>
> From the last comment, arch makefile will override vmlinux. It seems
> vmlinux will not be checked by `make'. But from my test, although
> `all:' will be re-defined in arch Makefile (ARM arch), vmlinux will
> still be checked and the commands associated will be executed. Should
> we use another word instead of "overridden"?
"Defaults to vmlinux, but the arch makefile usually adds further targets"?
Michal
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2010-05-06 3:53 One question about top-level Makefile os user
2010-05-06 13:57 ` Michal Marek [this message]
2010-05-06 14:46 ` os user
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