From 0d96fb20b7ed757fc936bb35e26c22251a75b734 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Hacker Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:40:58 +0100 Subject: kbuild: Add new Kbuild variable KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS This patch adds a new (Kbuild) Makefile variable KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS. The space separated list of file names assigned to KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS is used when calling scripts/mod/modpost during stage 2 of the Kbuild process for non-kernel-tree modules. Signed-off-by: Richard Hacker Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg --- Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/kbuild') diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt index 1d247d59ad5..1821c077b43 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt @@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ Module.symvers contains a list of all exported symbols from a kernel build. Sometimes, an external module uses exported symbols from another external module. Kbuild needs to have full knowledge on all symbols to avoid spitting out warnings about undefined symbols. - Two solutions exist to let kbuild know all symbols of more than + Three solutions exist to let kbuild know all symbols of more than one external module. The method with a top-level kbuild file is recommended but may be impractical in certain situations. @@ -523,6 +523,13 @@ Module.symvers contains a list of all exported symbols from a kernel build. containing the sum of all symbols defined and not part of the kernel. + Use make variable KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS in the Makefile + If it is impractical to copy Module.symvers from another + module, you can assign a space separated list of files to + KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS in your Makfile. These files will be + loaded by modpost during the initialisation of its symbol + tables. + === 8. Tips & Tricks --- 8.1 Testing for CONFIG_FOO_BAR -- cgit v1.2.3