=== 6 Architecture Makefiles
--- 6.1 Set variables to tweak the build to the architecture
- --- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archprepare:
- --- 6.3 List directories to visit when descending
- --- 6.4 Architecture-specific boot images
- --- 6.5 Building non-kbuild targets
- --- 6.6 Commands useful for building a boot image
- --- 6.7 Custom kbuild commands
- --- 6.8 Preprocessing linker scripts
- --- 6.9 Generic header files
+ --- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archheaders:
+ --- 6.3 Add prerequisites to archprepare:
+ --- 6.4 List directories to visit when descending
+ --- 6.5 Architecture-specific boot images
+ --- 6.6 Building non-kbuild targets
+ --- 6.7 Commands useful for building a boot image
+ --- 6.8 Custom kbuild commands
+ --- 6.9 Preprocessing linker scripts
+ --- 6.10 Generic header files
=== 7 Kbuild syntax for exported headers
--- 7.1 header-y
This will create a library lib.a based on delay.o. For kbuild to
actually recognize that there is a lib.a being built, the directory
shall be listed in libs-y.
- See also "6.3 List directories to visit when descending".
+ See also "6.4 List directories to visit when descending".
Use of lib-y is normally restricted to lib/ and arch/*/lib.
$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) set by the top level Makefile to "D" (deterministic
mode) if this option is supported by $(AR).
---- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archprepare:
+--- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archheaders:
+
+ The archheaders: rule is used to generate header files that
+ may be installed into user space by "make header_install" or
+ "make headers_install_all". In order to support
+ "make headers_install_all", this target has to be able to run
+ on an unconfigured tree, or a tree configured for another
+ architecture.
+
+ It is run before "make archprepare" when run on the
+ architecture itself.
+
+
+--- 6.3 Add prerequisites to archprepare:
The archprepare: rule is used to list prerequisites that need to be
built before starting to descend down in the subdirectories.
generating offset header files.
---- 6.3 List directories to visit when descending
+--- 6.4 List directories to visit when descending
An arch Makefile cooperates with the top Makefile to define variables
which specify how to build the vmlinux file. Note that there is no
drivers-$(CONFIG_OPROFILE) += arch/sparc64/oprofile/
---- 6.4 Architecture-specific boot images
+--- 6.5 Architecture-specific boot images
An arch Makefile specifies goals that take the vmlinux file, compress
it, wrap it in bootstrapping code, and copy the resulting files
When "make" is executed without arguments, bzImage will be built.
---- 6.5 Building non-kbuild targets
+--- 6.6 Building non-kbuild targets
extra-y
shall be built, but shall not be linked as part of built-in.o.
---- 6.6 Commands useful for building a boot image
+--- 6.7 Commands useful for building a boot image
Kbuild provides a few macros that are useful when building a
boot image.
always be built.
Assignments to $(targets) are without $(obj)/ prefix.
if_changed may be used in conjunction with custom commands as
- defined in 6.7 "Custom kbuild commands".
+ defined in 6.8 "Custom kbuild commands".
Note: It is a typical mistake to forget the FORCE prerequisite.
Another common pitfall is that whitespace is sometimes
$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/%.dts
$(call cmd,dtc)
---- 6.7 Custom kbuild commands
+--- 6.8 Custom kbuild commands
When kbuild is executing with KBUILD_VERBOSE=0, then only a shorthand
of a command is normally displayed.
will be displayed with "make KBUILD_VERBOSE=0".
---- 6.8 Preprocessing linker scripts
+--- 6.9 Preprocessing linker scripts
When the vmlinux image is built, the linker script
arch/$(ARCH)/kernel/vmlinux.lds is used.
The kbuild infrastructure for *lds file are used in several
architecture-specific files.
---- 6.9 Generic header files
+--- 6.10 Generic header files
The directory include/asm-generic contains the header files
that may be shared between individual architectures.