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authorBrian Strand <bstrand@switchmanagement.com>2005-11-22 01:23:08 +0000
committerSam Ravnborg <sam@mars.ravnborg.org>2005-12-16 23:15:41 +0100
commit98a1e444111c9fd3f7a2b55225f7febf4209c020 (patch)
tree649e7db9746ada555fe2a717234aada8b0dbbb81 /Documentation
parentcb1a7b4df7e2ffc7c97891e8f350ce5db50df3b9 (diff)
kbuild: patch to Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
First off, thanks for the kbuild docs, they are very useful! Second, I've attached a patch to modules.txt (from 2.6.14.2) with a "compile" fix to a Makefile example, and some trivial spelling/grammar nits. Please let me know if you want the patch in some other format (eg not MIME), or if I should go bother someone else about it. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt24
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
index c91caf7eb303..1c0db652b366 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ included in the kernel tree.
What is covered within this file is mainly information to authors
of modules. The author of an external modules should supply
a makefile that hides most of the complexity so one only has to type
-'make' to buld the module. A complete example will be present in
+'make' to build the module. A complete example will be present in
chapter ¤. Creating a kbuild file for an external module".
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ when building an external module.
--- 2.2 Available targets
- $KDIR refers to path to kernel source top-level directory
+ $KDIR refers to the path to the kernel source top-level directory
make -C $KDIR M=`pwd`
Will build the module(s) located in current directory.
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ when building an external module.
make -C $KDIR M=$PWD modules_install
Install the external module(s).
Installation default is in /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/extra,
- but may be prefixed with INSTALL_MOD_PATH - see separate chater.
+ but may be prefixed with INSTALL_MOD_PATH - see separate chapter.
make -C $KDIR M=$PWD clean
Remove all generated files for the module - the kernel
- source directory is not moddified.
+ source directory is not modified.
make -C $KDIR M=`pwd` help
help will list the available target when building external
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ when building an external module.
--- 2.3 Available options:
- $KDIR refer to path to kernel src
+ $KDIR refers to the path to the kernel source top-level directory
make -C $KDIR
Used to specify where to find the kernel source.
@@ -206,11 +206,11 @@ following files:
KERNELDIR := /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
all::
- $(MAKE) -C $KERNELDIR M=`pwd` $@
+ $(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=`pwd` $@
# Module specific targets
genbin:
- echo "X" > 8123_bini.o_shipped
+ echo "X" > 8123_bin.o_shipped
endif
@@ -341,13 +341,13 @@ directory and therefore needs to deal with this in their kbuild file.
EXTRA_CFLAGS := -Iinclude
8123-y := 8123_if.o 8123_pci.o 8123_bin.o
- Note that in the assingment there is no space between -I and the path.
- This is a kbuild limitation and no space must be present.
+ Note that in the assignment there is no space between -I and the path.
+ This is a kbuild limitation: there must be no space present.
=== 6. Module installation
-Modules which are included in the kernel is installed in the directory:
+Modules which are included in the kernel are installed in the directory:
/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/kernel
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ External modules are installed in the directory:
=> Install dir: /frodo/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/kernel
INSTALL_MOD_PATH may be set as an ordinary shell variable or as in the
- example above be specified on the commandline when calling make.
+ example above be specified on the command line when calling make.
INSTALL_MOD_PATH has effect both when installing modules included in
the kernel as well as when installing external modules.
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ External modules are installed in the directory:
=== 7. Module versioning
-Module versioning are enabled by the CONFIG_MODVERSIONS tag.
+Module versioning is enabled by the CONFIG_MODVERSIONS tag.
Module versioning is used as a simple ABI consistency check. The Module
versioning creates a CRC value of the full prototype for an exported symbol and