Re: [PATCH] Permanently fix kernel configuration include mess (was: Missing #include <config.h>)

From: Joern Engel
Date: Tue Sep 13 2005 - 12:00:36 EST


On Tue, 13 September 2005 15:50:12 +0100, Russell King wrote:
>
> Subject: [KBUILD] Permanently fix kernel configuration include mess.
>
> Include autoconf.h into every kernel compilation via the gcc
> command line using -imacros. This ensures that we have the
> kernel configuration included from the start, rather than
> relying on each file having #include <linux/config.h> as
> appropriate. History has shown that this is something which
> is difficult to get right.
>
> Since we now include the kernel configuration automatically,
> make configcheck becomes meaningless, so remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

If it helps:
Signed-off-by: Joern Engel <joern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -346,7 +346,8 @@ AFLAGS_KERNEL =
> # Use LINUXINCLUDE when you must reference the include/ directory.
> # Needed to be compatible with the O= option
> LINUXINCLUDE := -Iinclude \
> - $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),-Iinclude2 -I$(srctree)/include)
> + $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),-Iinclude2 -I$(srctree)/include) \
> + -imacros include/linux/autoconf.h
>
> CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUXINCLUDE)
>
> @@ -1247,11 +1248,6 @@ tags: FORCE
> # Scripts to check various things for consistency
> # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> -configcheck:
> - find * $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
> - -name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \
> - | xargs $(PERL) -w scripts/checkconfig.pl
> -
> includecheck:
> find * $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
> -name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \

Jörn

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