Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Aug 2005 21:22:29 +0200 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Move InfiniBand .h files |
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On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 11:57:55AM -0700, Roland Dreier wrote: > Roland> Also, drivers/infiniband/include doesn't get put into the > Roland> /lib/modules/<ver>/build directory, > > Arjan> that is a symlink not a directory, and a symlink to the > Arjan> full source... > > Sorry, I was too terse about the problem. You're right, but typical > distros don't ship full kernel source in their "support kernel builds" > package. And if I use an external build directory (ie "O=") then > the symlink just points to my external build directory, which doesn't > include the source to drivers/, just links to include/
If the external module uses a Kbuild file as explained in Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt and then uses both O= and M= when compiling the module there is no issue.
With respect to moving the .h files - please do so. drivers/infiniband should only include header used in that same directory. Not header files potentially uased by fs/.
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