From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from asavdk4.altibox.net ([109.247.116.15]:37361 "EHLO asavdk4.altibox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933694AbaD3QOC (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:14:02 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 18:13:59 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] kbuild: Use relative paths if possible Message-ID: <20140430161358.GB15320@ravnborg.org> References: <1398780493-15391-1-git-send-email-mmarek@suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1398780493-15391-1-git-send-email-mmarek@suse.cz> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Michal Marek Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 04:08:08PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote: > Hi, > > This series changes the Makefile to use relative paths for $(objtree), > always setting it to '.', and for $(srctree) setting either to '.' or > '..', when building in the source tree or a subdirectory thereof, > respectively. The goal is to make compiler messages and Ooopses more > readable by avoiding the full path to the source/object directory. > > Patch 2/5 is just an unrelated cleanup. > > Michal > > Michal Marek (5): > firmware: Simplify directory creation > firmware: Use $(quote) in the Makefile > kbuild: Use relative path for $(objtree) > kbuild: Use relative path when building in the source tree > kbuild: Use relative path when building in a subdir of the source tree For patch 2,3,4 and 5 you can add my: Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg Patch 1 also looks good, but I did not fully grasp it and this is MO implied by an ack. So please do not hold it back due to this as the cleanup looked good. Sam