kbuild: make -s should be used with kernelrelease/kernelversion/image_name (3f1d9a6c) · Commits · 戴 / test

If .config has been edited, there will be a silentoldconfig run: $ make defconfig ... $ make kernelrelease scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig 3.16.0-rc1+ Recently, kbuild started to print the name of the build directory when using O= $ make O=build kernelrelease make[1]: Entering directory `/dev/shm/mmarek/linux-2.6/build' 3.16.0-rc1+ Since these targets are often used in scripts, add a hint to use make -s to the help text. Suggested-by:

Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by:

Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>

Makefile

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		@@ -1214,9 +1214,9 @@ help:
		@echo ' tags/TAGS - Generate tags file for editors'
		@echo ' cscope - Generate cscope index'
		@echo ' gtags - Generate GNU GLOBAL index'
		@echo ' kernelrelease - Output the release version string'
		@echo ' kernelversion - Output the version stored in Makefile'
		@echo ' image_name - Output the image name'
		@echo ' kernelrelease - Output the release version string (use with make -s)'
		@echo ' kernelversion - Output the version stored in Makefile (use with make -s)'
		@echo ' image_name - Output the image name (use with make -s)'
		@echo ' headers_install - Install sanitised kernel headers to INSTALL_HDR_PATH'; \
		echo ' (default: $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH))'; \
		echo ''

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