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| author | Mark-PK Tsai <mark-pk.tsai@mediatek.com> | 2024-06-14 10:15:02 +0300 |
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| committer | Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> | 2024-06-25 18:18:57 +0300 |
| commit | 07d4cc2e7444356faac6552d0688a1670cc9d749 (patch) | |
| tree | d0050b2b6f07cbe3412792246cd5fc2b27228a84 /Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst | |
| parent | 9cc5f3bf63aa98bd7cc7ce8a8599077fde13283e (diff) | |
| download | linux-07d4cc2e7444356faac6552d0688a1670cc9d749.tar.xz | |
kbuild: doc: Update default INSTALL_MOD_DIR from extra to updates
The default INSTALL_MOD_DIR was changed from 'extra' to
'updates' in commit b74d7bb7ca24 ("kbuild: Modify default
INSTALL_MOD_DIR from extra to updates").
This commit updates the documentation to align with the
latest kernel.
Fixes: b74d7bb7ca24 ("kbuild: Modify default INSTALL_MOD_DIR from extra to updates")
Signed-off-by: Mark-PK Tsai <mark-pk.tsai@mediatek.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst index a1f3eb7a43e2..131863142cbb 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ executed to make module versioning work. modules_install Install the external module(s). The default location is - /lib/modules/<kernel_release>/extra/, but a prefix may + /lib/modules/<kernel_release>/updates/, but a prefix may be added with INSTALL_MOD_PATH (discussed in section 5). clean @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ directory: And external modules are installed in: - /lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/extra/ + /lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/updates/ 5.1 INSTALL_MOD_PATH -------------------- @@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ And external modules are installed in: ------------------- External modules are by default installed to a directory under - /lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/extra/, but you may wish to + /lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/updates/, but you may wish to locate modules for a specific functionality in a separate directory. For this purpose, use INSTALL_MOD_DIR to specify an - alternative name to "extra.":: + alternative name to "updates.":: $ make INSTALL_MOD_DIR=gandalf -C $KDIR \ M=$PWD modules_install |