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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 8 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt index 114c7ce7b58d..8390c360d4b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt @@ -50,6 +50,22 @@ LDFLAGS_MODULE -------------------------------------------------- Additional options used for $(LD) when linking modules. +HOSTCFLAGS +-------------------------------------------------- +Additional flags to be passed to $(HOSTCC) when building host programs. + +HOSTCXXFLAGS +-------------------------------------------------- +Additional flags to be passed to $(HOSTCXX) when building host programs. + +HOSTLDFLAGS +-------------------------------------------------- +Additional flags to be passed when linking host programs. + +HOSTLDLIBS +-------------------------------------------------- +Additional libraries to link against when building host programs. + KBUILD_KCONFIG -------------------------------------------------- Set the top-level Kconfig file to the value of this environment diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index 048fc39a6b91..766355b1d221 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ Both possibilities are described in the following. When compiling host programs, it is possible to set specific flags. The programs will always be compiled utilising $(HOSTCC) passed - the options specified in $(HOSTCFLAGS). + the options specified in $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS). To set flags that will take effect for all host programs created in that Makefile, use the variable HOST_EXTRACFLAGS. @@ -1105,6 +1105,12 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): target: source(s) FORCE #WRONG!# $(call if_changed, ld/objcopy/gzip/...) + Note: if_changed should not be used more than once per target. + It stores the executed command in a corresponding .cmd + file and multiple calls would result in overwrites and + unwanted results when the target is up to date and only the + tests on changed commands trigger execution of commands. + ld Link target. Often, LDFLAGS_$@ is used to set specific options to ld. |