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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt29
4 files changed, 49 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
index 634c625da8ce..e903f20077cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -22,11 +22,33 @@ building C files and assembler files.
KAFLAGS
--------------------------------------------------
-Additional options to the assembler.
+Additional options to the assembler (for built-in and modules).
+
+AFLAGS_MODULE
+--------------------------------------------------
+Addtional module specific options to use for $(AS).
+
+AFLAGS_KERNEL
+--------------------------------------------------
+Addtional options for $(AS) when used for assembler
+code for code that is compiled as built-in.
KCFLAGS
--------------------------------------------------
-Additional options to the C compiler.
+Additional options to the C compiler (for built-in and modules).
+
+CFLAGS_KERNEL
+--------------------------------------------------
+Addtional options for $(CC) when used to compile
+code that is compiled as built-in.
+
+CFLAGS_MODULE
+--------------------------------------------------
+Addtional module specific options to use for $(CC).
+
+LDFLAGS_MODULE
+--------------------------------------------------
+Additional options used for $(LD) when linking modules.
KBUILD_VERBOSE
--------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
index c412c245848f..b472e4e0ba67 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Expressions are listed in decreasing order of precedence.
(7) Returns the result of max(/expr/, /expr/).
An expression can have a value of 'n', 'm' or 'y' (or 0, 1, 2
-respectively for calculations). A menu entry becomes visible when it's
+respectively for calculations). A menu entry becomes visible when its
expression evaluates to 'm' or 'y'.
There are two types of symbols: constant and non-constant symbols.
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
index 49efae703979..b2cb16ebcb16 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Environment variables for 'silentoldconfig'
KCONFIG_NOSILENTUPDATE
--------------------------------------------------
If this variable has a non-blank value, it prevents silent kernel
-config udpates (requires explicit updates).
+config updates (requires explicit updates).
KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG
--------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index fcd1a981523a..c899192b37bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ more details, with real examples.
subdir-ccflags-y, subdir-asflags-y
The two flags listed above are similar to ccflags-y and as-falgs-y.
The difference is that the subdir- variants has effect for the kbuild
- file where they are present and all subdirectories.
+ file where tey are present and all subdirectories.
Options specified using subdir-* are added to the commandline before
the options specified using the non-subdir variants.
@@ -930,16 +930,33 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
The first example utilises the trick that a config option expands
to 'y' when selected.
- CFLAGS_KERNEL $(CC) options specific for built-in
+ KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL $(AS) options specific for built-in
- $(CFLAGS_KERNEL) contains extra C compiler flags used to compile
+ $(KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL) contains extra C compiler flags used to compile
resident kernel code.
- CFLAGS_MODULE $(CC) options specific for modules
+ KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE Options for $(AS) when building modules
- $(CFLAGS_MODULE) contains extra C compiler flags used to compile code
- for loadable kernel modules.
+ $(KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch specific options that
+ are used for $(AS).
+ From commandline AFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
+ KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL $(CC) options specific for built-in
+
+ $(KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL) contains extra C compiler flags used to compile
+ resident kernel code.
+
+ KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE Options for $(CC) when building modules
+
+ $(KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch specific options that
+ are used for $(CC).
+ From commandline CFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
+
+ KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE Options for $(LD) when linking modules
+
+ $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch specific options
+ used when linking modules. This is often a linker script.
+ From commandline LDFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
--- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archprepare:
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