Re: [PATCH 1 of 3] Introduce __raw_memcpy_toio32

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 08:07:56AM -0800, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
 
> The only problem with this is that it's an unusual approach, so I don't
> have any obvious examples to copy.  The closest I can think of is
> arch/x86_64/kernel/Makefile, which pulls in routines from the i386 tree
> like this:
> 
>         bootflag-y += ../../i386/kernel/bootflag.o
> 
> So say arch/ia64/lib/Makefile, for example, could have a line like this:
> 
>      obj-y += ../../../lib/raw_memcpy_toio32.o
> 
> Sam, do you think this is safe to do in generalwith respect to kbuild?
It is safe if you pull in .o files from a directory that you otherwise
does not visit. But pulling in .o files that can/will be build
by another Makkefile is doomed.

But seeing other mails in this thread the final solution does not use
this anyway.

	Sam
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Photo]     [Stuff]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Linux for the blind]     [Linux Resources]
  Powered by Linux