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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst index 131863142cbb..1014a275a7e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst @@ -224,10 +224,9 @@ module 8123.ko, which is built from the following files:: 3.2 Separate Kbuild File and Makefile ------------------------------------- - In newer versions of the kernel, kbuild will first look for a - file named "Kbuild," and only if that is not found, will it - then look for a makefile. Utilizing a "Kbuild" file allows us - to split up the makefile from example 1 into two files: + Kbuild will first look for a file named "Kbuild", and if it is not + found, it will then look for "Makefile". Utilizing a "Kbuild" file + allows us to split up the "Makefile" from example 1 into two files: Example 2:: @@ -250,37 +249,6 @@ module 8123.ko, which is built from the following files:: consisting of several hundred lines, and here it really pays off to separate the kbuild part from the rest. - The next example shows a backward compatible version. - - Example 3:: - - --> filename: Kbuild - obj-m := 8123.o - 8123-y := 8123_if.o 8123_pci.o 8123_bin.o - - --> filename: Makefile - ifneq ($(KERNELRELEASE),) - # kbuild part of makefile - include Kbuild - - else - # normal makefile - KDIR ?= /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build - - default: - $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$$PWD - - # Module specific targets - genbin: - echo "X" > 8123_bin.o_shipped - - endif - - Here the "Kbuild" file is included from the makefile. This - allows an older version of kbuild, which only knows of - makefiles, to be used when the "make" and kbuild parts are - split into separate files. - 3.3 Binary Blobs ---------------- |