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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst | 16 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst index 74bef19f69f0..231e6a64957f 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst @@ -196,14 +196,11 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax). or equal to the first symbol and smaller than or equal to the second symbol. -- help text: "help" or "---help---" +- help text: "help" This defines a help text. The end of the help text is determined by the indentation level, this means it ends at the first line which has a smaller indentation than the first line of the help text. - "---help---" and "help" do not differ in behaviour, "---help---" is - used to help visually separate configuration logic from help within - the file as an aid to developers. - misc options: "option" <symbol>[=<value>] diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst index b9b50553bfc5..d7e6534a8505 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst @@ -297,9 +297,19 @@ more details, with real examples. If CONFIG_EXT2_FS is set to either 'y' (built-in) or 'm' (modular) the corresponding obj- variable will be set, and kbuild will descend down in the ext2 directory. - Kbuild only uses this information to decide that it needs to visit - the directory, it is the Makefile in the subdirectory that - specifies what is modular and what is built-in. + + Kbuild uses this information not only to decide that it needs to visit + the directory, but also to decide whether or not to link objects from + the directory into vmlinux. + + When Kbuild descends into the directory with 'y', all built-in objects + from that directory are combined into the built-in.a, which will be + eventually linked into vmlinux. + + When Kbuild descends into the directory with 'm', in contrast, nothing + from that directory will be linked into vmlinux. If the Makefile in + that directory specifies obj-y, those objects will be left orphan. + It is very likely a bug of the Makefile or of dependencies in Kconfig. It is good practice to use a `CONFIG_` variable when assigning directory names. This allows kbuild to totally skip the directory if the |