kbuild: drop shared library support from Makefile.host

The shared library feature in Makefile.host is no longer used.
Rip it off to keep the build infrastucture simple.

Update Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt too.
The section "4.3 Definition shared libraries" should be removed
and the following sections should be re-numbered.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@jp.panasonic.com>
Suggested-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index d567a7cc552b..3ceadbd99f79 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles.
 	=== 4 Host Program support
 	   --- 4.1 Simple Host Program
 	   --- 4.2 Composite Host Programs
-	   --- 4.3 Defining shared libraries
-	   --- 4.4 Using C++ for host programs
-	   --- 4.5 Controlling compiler options for host programs
-	   --- 4.6 When host programs are actually built
-	   --- 4.7 Using hostprogs-$(CONFIG_FOO)
+	   --- 4.3 Using C++ for host programs
+	   --- 4.4 Controlling compiler options for host programs
+	   --- 4.5 When host programs are actually built
+	   --- 4.6 Using hostprogs-$(CONFIG_FOO)
 
 	=== 5 Kbuild clean infrastructure
 
@@ -643,29 +642,7 @@ Both possibilities are described in the following.
 	Finally, the two .o files are linked to the executable, lxdialog.
 	Note: The syntax <executable>-y is not permitted for host-programs.
 
---- 4.3 Defining shared libraries
-
-	Objects with extension .so are considered shared libraries, and
-	will be compiled as position independent objects.
-	Kbuild provides support for shared libraries, but the usage
-	shall be restricted.
-	In the following example the libkconfig.so shared library is used
-	to link the executable conf.
-
-	Example:
-		#scripts/kconfig/Makefile
-		hostprogs-y     := conf
-		conf-objs       := conf.o libkconfig.so
-		libkconfig-objs := expr.o type.o
-
-	Shared libraries always require a corresponding -objs line, and
-	in the example above the shared library libkconfig is composed by
-	the two objects expr.o and type.o.
-	expr.o and type.o will be built as position independent code and
-	linked as a shared library libkconfig.so. C++ is not supported for
-	shared libraries.
-
---- 4.4 Using C++ for host programs
+--- 4.3 Using C++ for host programs
 
 	kbuild offers support for host programs written in C++. This was
 	introduced solely to support kconfig, and is not recommended
@@ -688,7 +665,7 @@ Both possibilities are described in the following.
 		qconf-cxxobjs := qconf.o
 		qconf-objs    := check.o
 
---- 4.5 Controlling compiler options for host programs
+--- 4.4 Controlling compiler options for host programs
 
 	When compiling host programs, it is possible to set specific flags.
 	The programs will always be compiled utilising $(HOSTCC) passed
@@ -716,7 +693,7 @@ Both possibilities are described in the following.
 	When linking qconf, it will be passed the extra option
 	"-L$(QTDIR)/lib".
 
---- 4.6 When host programs are actually built
+--- 4.5 When host programs are actually built
 
 	Kbuild will only build host-programs when they are referenced
 	as a prerequisite.
@@ -747,7 +724,7 @@ Both possibilities are described in the following.
 	This will tell kbuild to build lxdialog even if not referenced in
 	any rule.
 
---- 4.7 Using hostprogs-$(CONFIG_FOO)
+--- 4.6 Using hostprogs-$(CONFIG_FOO)
 
 	A typical pattern in a Kbuild file looks like this: