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@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles.
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--- 6.8 Custom kbuild commands
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--- 6.9 Preprocessing linker scripts
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--- 6.10 Generic header files
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+ --- 6.11 Post-link pass
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=== 7 Kbuild syntax for exported headers
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--- 7.1 header-y
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@@ -1237,6 +1238,21 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
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to list the file in the Kbuild file.
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See "7.4 generic-y" for further info on syntax etc.
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+--- 6.11 Post-link pass
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+ If the file arch/xxx/Makefile.postlink exists, this makefile
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+ will be invoked for post-link objects (vmlinux and modules.ko)
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+ for architectures to run post-link passes on. Must also handle
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+ the clean target.
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+ This pass runs after kallsyms generation. If the architecture
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+ needs to modify symbol locations, rather than manipulate the
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+ kallsyms, it may be easier to add another postlink target for
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+ .tmp_vmlinux? targets to be called from link-vmlinux.sh.
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+ For example, powerpc uses this to check relocation sanity of
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+ the linked vmlinux file.
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=== 7 Kbuild syntax for exported headers
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The kernel includes a set of headers that is exported to userspace.
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