Re: [RFC] kbuild: make it possible to specify the module output dir

[Kiran Kumar]

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Kiran Raparthy <kumarsharma.r@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Rom Lemarchand <romlem@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> kbuild: make it possible to specify the module output dir
>
> Make modinst_dir user-defined on the command line.
>
> This allows to do things like:
> make MODLIB=output/ modinst_dir=. modules_install
>
> to ensure all the .ko are in the output/ directory.
>
> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rom Lemarchand <romlem@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> [Kiran: Added context to commit message]
> Signed-off-by: Kiran Raparthy <kumarsharma.r@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This is one of the number of patches from the Android AOSP common.git tree,
> which is used on Android devices. I wanted to submit it for review
> to see if it should go upstream.
Just a gentle reminder.
Regards,
Kiran
>
>  scripts/Makefile.modinst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
> index e48a4e9..9b7b280 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ quiet_cmd_modules_install = INSTALL $@
>  INSTALL_MOD_DIR ?= extra
>  ext-mod-dir = $(INSTALL_MOD_DIR)$(subst $(patsubst %/,%,$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)),,$(@D))
>
> -modinst_dir = $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(ext-mod-dir),kernel/$(@D))
> +modinst_dir ?= $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(ext-mod-dir),kernel/$(@D))
>
>  $(modules):
>         $(call cmd,modules_install,$(MODLIB)/$(modinst_dir))
> --
> 1.8.2.1
>
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