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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index 764f5991a3fc..a445e1c8828e 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -818,17 +818,16 @@ a few targets. When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): 1) Configuration of the kernel => produce .config 2) Store kernel version in include/linux/version.h -3) Symlink include/asm to include/asm-$(ARCH) -4) Updating all other prerequisites to the target prepare: +3) Updating all other prerequisites to the target prepare: - Additional prerequisites are specified in arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile -5) Recursively descend down in all directories listed in +4) Recursively descend down in all directories listed in init-* core* drivers-* net-* libs-* and build all targets. - The values of the above variables are expanded in arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile. -6) All object files are then linked and the resulting file vmlinux is +5) All object files are then linked and the resulting file vmlinux is located at the root of the obj tree. The very first objects linked are listed in head-y, assigned by arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile. -7) Finally, the architecture-specific part does any required post processing +6) Finally, the architecture-specific part does any required post processing and builds the final bootimage. - This includes building boot records - Preparing initrd images and the like |