Commit d4945049 authored Aug 11, 2019 by Masahiro Yamada

kbuild: remove 'make /' support



'make /' is just an alias for 'make ./'; this builds all objects of an
external module, but skips the modpost stage.

I am not a big fan of 'make /' since it looks as if it were touching
the root directory of the system. I like 'make ./' better.

I do not know how many people are using it, but let's show a hint if
it is used. Also, move it close to the external module rules since
this only makes sense for external modules.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>

parent c2290f32

Makefile

+4 −5

Original line number	Diff line number	Diff line
		@@ -1648,6 +1648,10 @@ $(clean-dirs):

		clean: rm-files := $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Module.symvers

		PHONY += /
		/:
		@echo >&2 '"$(MAKE) /" is no longer supported. Please use "$(MAKE) ./" instead.'

		PHONY += help
		help:
		@echo ' Building external modules.'
		@@ -1783,11 +1787,6 @@ endif
		$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(build-dir) $(build-target:.ko=.mod)
		$(Q)echo $(build-target) > $(MODORDER)
		$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost

		# Modules
		PHONY += /
		/: ./

		%/: prepare FORCE
		$(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=1 $(build)=$(build-dir) need-modorder=1

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