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* kbuild now support arch/$ARCH/include - time for ARCHs to convert
@ 2008-07-28 20:05 Sam Ravnborg
  2008-07-28 20:05 ` Sam Ravnborg
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From: Sam Ravnborg @ 2008-07-28 20:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux arch; +Cc: LKML

The traditional location of the arch specific Makefiles
has been at:

	include/asm-$ARCH

But as suggested by several people over time and lately
by Linus in the following post:
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/5/21/1903924

is is suggested to move the arch specific files under arch/
and for the header files this is arch/$ARCH/include.

So I have hacked up support for this in kbuild so
for the simpler cases a simple move of header files as
in:
	git mv include/asm-$ARCH arch/$ARCH/include/asm

is enough.

If Linus will accept it then I think -rc1 is a perfect
time to do it as people has less stuff pending touching
the header files that are moved.
Validation is easy - does the usual configs build?

For the archs that plays games with symlinks this is a
splendid opportunity to get rid af these.
The receipe is simple:
Use 
	KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Iarch/$ARCH/include/$CPU

to select the CPU and then do a copy of the header files
like this:

	git mv include/asm-$ARCH/$CPU arch/$ARCH/include/$CPU/cpu

Then the code can continue to use:

	#include <cpu/foo.h>

I already converted sparc to use arch/sparc/include -
while I merged the header files for sparc and sparc64.
This change is already upstream.

And for SH I posted a receipe which you can read here:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/28/83

It is SH specific but anyway pretty generic.

I am limited in time and resources at the moment but I
would be glad to help out as time permits should there
be any questions.

	Sam

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2008-07-28 20:05 kbuild now support arch/$ARCH/include - time for ARCHs to convert Sam Ravnborg
2008-07-28 20:05 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-07-29  3:06 ` Kyle McMartin
2008-07-29  3:06   ` Kyle McMartin
2008-07-29  3:27   ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-07-29 14:21     ` Kyle McMartin
2008-08-09  2:50       ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-07-30  6:49 ` Greg Ungerer
2008-07-30  7:07   ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-07-30  8:52     ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-07-30  9:34     ` David Howells
2008-07-30 12:26       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-07-30 12:26         ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-07-31  3:23         ` Paul Mundt
2008-07-31  7:17           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-07-31 11:26             ` Greg Ungerer
2008-07-31 11:26               ` Greg Ungerer
2008-07-31 19:47           ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-07-31 20:13             ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-08-01  7:35               ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-08-01 16:46                 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-07-30  8:38   ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-08-01  6:03     ` Greg Ungerer
2008-08-03 20:16       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-08-04  0:34         ` Greg Ungerer
2008-08-04  5:10           ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-08-04 14:35         ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-08-04 16:00           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-08-04 16:45             ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-07-31 18:23 ` Ralf Baechle
2008-07-31 20:14   ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-08-09  2:52   ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-08-09  3:09     ` Paul Mundt
2008-08-09  7:03       ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-08-09  7:20         ` Russell King
2008-08-09 11:13           ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-08-01  8:35 ` Martin Schwidefsky
2008-08-01 16:49   ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-08-05  4:18 ` Rusty Russell
2008-08-05 17:16   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-08-05 17:16     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-08-05 20:45   ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-08-05 22:06     ` Russell King
2008-08-06 19:21       ` Russell King
2008-08-06 19:28         ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-08-06 19:51           ` Russell King
2008-08-06 19:27       ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-08-09  7:28 ` Sam Ravnborg

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