Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:43:53 -0500 | From | "Chris Smith" <> | Subject | Re: Skeleton, Makefile extension - Separate source tree with only valid source files |
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On 1/15/07, Pelle Svensson <pelle2004@gmail.com> wrote: > Did some hacks to the Makefile which might be of interest for those who > feel like there are too many source files in the Linux tree. Running following > make will create a separate directory including only the files which are > active i.e. they are include in the final build configuration. > > source = /home/john/src/linux-2.6.20 > build_dir = /home/john/src/linux-2.6.20-build > edit_dir = /home/john/src/linux-2.6.20-edit > > cd $(source) > make O=$(build_dir) ACTIVE_SRC=$(edit_dir) active_srctree > > Links will be create in $(edit_dir) and what ever IDE that are in use for > editing should target the $(edit_dir). The good thing is that grep will only > hit valid files not 50 other files which are not in my interest. > > > Due to lack of time this is not complete. Phrasing the dependency need to > be added for all the include files. > [snip]
Another interesting thought might be to have kbuild run all of the files through the pre-processor, then indent. Then one could have a clearer view of the kernel object as actually seen by the compiler. Thanks, Pelle. --Chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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