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On 02/12/2013 03:14 PM, horseriver wrote:
> hi;)
>
>    In kernel makefile,there is a $(Q) ,what does it mean?

It expands out to nothing if KBUILD_VERBOSE is set to 1, or @ otherwise; 
i.e., it suppresses command output from being printed unless building 
verbose.

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> thanks!
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