diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 08fbe6cd309d7368cf529dc4a0b7299fd91e63be..f099b814d383c49d44667954fe9e625c90c9a6e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -276,40 +276,39 @@ more details, with real examples.
--- 3.7 Compilation flags
- EXTRA_CFLAGS, EXTRA_AFLAGS, EXTRA_LDFLAGS
+ ccflags-y, asflags-y and ldflags-y
+ The three flags listed above applies only to the kbuild makefile
+ where they are assigned. They are used for all the normal
+ cc, as and ld invocation happenign during a recursive build.
+ Note: Flags with the same behaviour were previously named:
+ EXTRA_CFLAGS, EXTRA_AFLAGS and EXTRA_LDFLAGS.
+ They are yet supported but their use are deprecated.
- All the EXTRA_ variables apply only to the kbuild makefile
- where they are assigned. The EXTRA_ variables apply to all
- commands executed in the kbuild makefile.
-
- $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) specifies options for compiling C files with
- $(CC).
+ ccflags-y specifies options for compiling C files with $(CC).
Example:
# drivers/sound/emu10k1/Makefile
- EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I$(obj)
- ifdef DEBUG
- EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DEMU10K1_DEBUG
- endif
+ ccflags-y += -I$(obj)
+ ccflags-$(DEBUG) += -DEMU10K1_DEBUG
This variable is necessary because the top Makefile owns the
variable $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) and uses it for compilation flags for the
entire tree.
- $(EXTRA_AFLAGS) is a similar string for per-directory options
+ asflags-y is a similar string for per-directory options
when compiling assembly language source.
Example:
#arch/x86_64/kernel/Makefile
- EXTRA_AFLAGS := -traditional
+ asflags-y := -traditional
- $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS) is a string for per-directory options to $(LD).
+ ldflags-y is a string for per-directory options to $(LD).
Example:
#arch/m68k/fpsp040/Makefile
- EXTRA_LDFLAGS := -x
+ ldflags-y := -x
CFLAGS_$@, AFLAGS_$@
@@ -495,9 +494,9 @@ more details, with real examples.
Example:
#fs/reiserfs/Makefile
- EXTRA_CFLAGS := $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0402, -O1)
+ ccflags-y := $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0402, -O1)
- In this example, EXTRA_CFLAGS will be assigned the value -O1 if the
+ In this example, ccflags-y will be assigned the value -O1 if the
$(CC) version is less than 4.2.
cc-ifversion takes all the shell operators:
-eq, -ne, -lt, -le, -gt, and -ge
@@ -783,7 +782,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
Example:
#arch/s390/Makefile
LDFLAGS := -m elf_s390
- Note: EXTRA_LDFLAGS can be used to further customise
+ Note: ldflags-y can be used to further customise
the flags used. See chapter 3.7.
LDFLAGS_MODULE Options for $(LD) when linking modules
@@ -1100,7 +1099,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
When building the *.lds target, kbuild uses the variables:
KBUILD_CPPFLAGS : Set in top-level Makefile
- EXTRA_CPPFLAGS : May be set in the kbuild makefile
+ cppflags-y : May be set in the kbuild makefile
CPPFLAGS_$(@F) : Target specific flags.
Note that the full filename is used in this
assignment.
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index d32b40048f1fe5dc59742ba8711524636b9148e0..de9836eee8bbba866312ce4e5c22f05caef98486 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ EXTRA_AFLAGS :=
EXTRA_CFLAGS :=
EXTRA_CPPFLAGS :=
EXTRA_LDFLAGS :=
+asflags-y :=
+ccflags-y :=
+cppflags-y :=
+ldflags-y :=
# Read .config if it exist, otherwise ignore
-include include/config/auto.conf
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 95e6e0fbdbd0cee33ad9649a5db8f2d9d330b266..3c5e88bfecf1bc3d00e2de16fc4c31720406a8fe 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Backward compatibility
+asflags-y += $(EXTRA_AFLAGS)
+ccflags-y += $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+cppflags-y += $(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS)
+ldflags-y += $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
+
# Figure out what we need to build from the various variables
# ===========================================================================
@@ -84,9 +90,9 @@ basename_flags = -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR($(call name-fix,$(basetarget)))"
modname_flags = $(if $(filter 1,$(words $(modname))),\
-D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR($(call name-fix,$(modname)))")
-_c_flags = $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
-_a_flags = $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) $(EXTRA_AFLAGS) $(AFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
-_cpp_flags = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS_$(@F))
+_c_flags = $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(ccflags-y) $(CFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
+_a_flags = $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) $(asflags-y) $(AFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
+_cpp_flags = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(cppflags-y) $(CPPFLAGS_$(@F))
# If building the kernel in a separate objtree expand all occurrences
# of -Idir to -I$(srctree)/dir except for absolute paths (starting with '/').
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@ a_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) \
cpp_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(__cpp_flags)
-ld_flags = $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
+ld_flags = $(LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y)
# Finds the multi-part object the current object will be linked into
modname-multi = $(sort $(foreach m,$(multi-used),\
@@ -145,7 +151,7 @@ $(obj)/%:: $(src)/%_shipped
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
quiet_cmd_ld = LD $@
-cmd_ld = $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) \
+cmd_ld = $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) \
$(filter-out FORCE,$^) -o $@
# Objcopy
diff --git a/scripts/makelst b/scripts/makelst
index 4fc80f2b7e19d7c814e91e25309c181ba7649bc1..e6581496d820741fe3a80d0de3c4ac57498a2e4f 100755
--- a/scripts/makelst
+++ b/scripts/makelst
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
# with correct relocations from System.map
# Requires the following lines in makefile:
#%.lst: %.c
-# $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_$@) -g -c -o $*.o $<
-# $(srctree)/scripts/makelst $*.o $(objtree)/System.map $(OBJDUMP)
+# $(CC) $(c_flags) -g -c -o $*.o $< &&
+# $(srctree)/scripts/makelst $*.o System.map $(OBJDUMP) > $@
#
# Copyright (C) 2000 IBM Corporation
# Author(s): DJ Barrow (djbarrow@de.ibm.com,barrow_dj@yahoo.com)