From: os user <gnusercn@gmail.com>
To: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: One question about top-level Makefile.
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 22:46:01 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <j2j34f262ce1005060746sec6537cej86f2075d79ed8c1c@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BE2CAAE.1020802@suse.cz>
Hi,
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> wrote:
> 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"?
It seems this makes more sense. :-)
BR
>
> 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
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