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* When does Makefile init the variables like KBUILD_OUTPUT
@ 2013-01-17  2:26 Bin Wang
  2013-01-18  2:42 ` Bin Wang
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Bin Wang @ 2013-01-17  2:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kernelnewbies

Hi, all

The kernel Makefile init the variables like KBUILD_OUTPUT outside any 
target's make process. But when I try to output the KBUILD_OUTPUT in the 
target's make process, for example, the target "help", I find it is not 
defined. I want to know when will it init? Thanks a lot.

Bin Wang

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* When does Makefile init the variables like KBUILD_OUTPUT
  2013-01-17  2:26 When does Makefile init the variables like KBUILD_OUTPUT Bin Wang
@ 2013-01-18  2:42 ` Bin Wang
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Bin Wang @ 2013-01-18  2:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kernelnewbies

On 2013/01/17/ 10:26, Bin Wang wrote:
> Hi, all
>
> The kernel Makefile init the variables like KBUILD_OUTPUT outside any 
> target's make process. But when I try to output the KBUILD_OUTPUT in 
> the target's make process, for example, the target "help", I find it 
> is not defined. I want to know when will it init? Thanks a lot

However, when I just write a Makefile with this:

|ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
   KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(O)
endif

help:
     @echo 'KBUILD_OUTPUT: ${KBUILD_OUTPUT}'
|

Then I run|make O=../build help|, I will see|KBUILD_OUTPUT: ../build|.

Is there anything special in kernel's Makefile?

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