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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-29 09:45:15 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-29 09:45:15 +0100
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Conflicts: fs/exec.c include/linux/init_task.h Simple context conflicts.
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@@ -383,6 +383,20 @@ more details, with real examples.
to prerequisites are referenced with $(src) (because they are not
generated files).
+ $(kecho)
+ echoing information to user in a rule is often a good practice
+ but when execution "make -s" one does not expect to see any output
+ except for warnings/errors.
+ To support this kbuild define $(kecho) which will echo out the
+ text following $(kecho) to stdout except if "make -s" is used.
+
+ Example:
+ #arch/blackfin/boot/Makefile
+ $(obj)/vmImage: $(obj)/vmlinux.gz
+ $(call if_changed,uimage)
+ @$(kecho) 'Kernel: $@ is ready'
+
+
--- 3.11 $(CC) support functions
The kernel may be built with several different versions of
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