Re: [RFC] Move InfiniBand .h files

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Thu Aug 04 2005 - 14:23:41 EST


On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 11:57:55AM -0700, Roland Dreier wrote:
> Roland> Also, drivers/infiniband/include doesn't get put into the
> Roland> /lib/modules/<ver>/build directory,
>
> Arjan> that is a symlink not a directory, and a symlink to the
> Arjan> full source...
>
> Sorry, I was too terse about the problem. You're right, but typical
> distros don't ship full kernel source in their "support kernel builds"
> package. And if I use an external build directory (ie "O=") then
> the symlink just points to my external build directory, which doesn't
> include the source to drivers/, just links to include/

If the external module uses a Kbuild file as explained in
Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt and then uses both O= and M=
when compiling the module there is no issue.

With respect to moving the .h files - please do so.
drivers/infiniband should only include header used in that same
directory. Not header files potentially uased by fs/.

Sam
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