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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/Kbuild.include | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index 7a7753321a26..51104f9194a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -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 diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include index 936940b541f9..8cf87e815e51 100644 --- a/scripts/Kbuild.include +++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include @@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ basetarget = $(basename $(notdir $@)) escsq = $(subst $(squote),'\$(squote)',$1) ### +# Easy method for doing a status message + kecho := : + quiet_kecho := echo +silent_kecho := : +kecho := $($(quiet)kecho) + +### # filechk is used to check if the content of a generated file is updated. # Sample usage: # define filechk_sample |