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authorSam Ravnborg <sam@neptun.(none)>2007-10-15 00:21:35 +0400
committerSam Ravnborg <sam@neptun.(none)>2007-10-15 00:21:35 +0400
commita0f97e06a43cf524e616f09e6af3398e1e9c1c5b (patch)
tree2503b24bdbc144aea9ea5bde6ead94b3406eaf98 /Documentation/kbuild
parent9a39e273d4df0560c724c5fe71f6314a0583ca2b (diff)
downloadlinux-a0f97e06a43cf524e616f09e6af3398e1e9c1c5b.tar.xz
kbuild: enable 'make CFLAGS=...' to add additional options to CC
The variable CFLAGS is a wellknown variable and the usage by kbuild may result in unexpected behaviour. On top of that several people over time has asked for a way to pass in additional flags to gcc. This patch replace use of CFLAGS with KBUILD_CFLAGS all over the tree and enabling one to use: make CFLAGS=... to specify additional gcc commandline options. One usecase is when trying to find gcc bugs but other use cases has been requested too. Patch was tested on following architectures: alpha, arm, i386, x86_64, mips, sparc, sparc64, ia64, m68k Test was simple to do a defconfig build, apply the patch and check that nothing got rebuild. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kbuild')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt15
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 54bbfd37f157..1ca535bcc8c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ more details, with real examples.
This variable is necessary because the top Makefile owns the
- variable $(CFLAGS) and uses it for compilation flags for the
+ variable $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) and uses it for compilation flags for the
entire tree.
$(EXTRA_AFLAGS) is a similar string for per-directory options
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ more details, with real examples.
-march=pentium-mmx if supported by $(CC), otherwise -march=i586.
The second argument to cc-option is optional, and if omitted,
cflags-y will be assigned no value if first option is not supported.
+ Note: cc-option uses KBUILD_CFLAGS for $(CC) options
cc-option-yn
cc-option-yn is used to check if gcc supports a given option
@@ -452,6 +453,7 @@ more details, with real examples.
option. When $(biarch) equals 'y', the expanded variables $(aflags-y)
and $(cflags-y) will be assigned the values -a32 and -m32,
respectively.
+ Note: cc-option-yn uses KBUILD_CFLAGS for $(CC) options
cc-option-align
gcc versions >= 3.0 changed the type of options used to specify
@@ -463,10 +465,11 @@ more details, with real examples.
cc-option-align = -falign
Example:
- CFLAGS += $(cc-option-align)-functions=4
+ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cc-option-align)-functions=4
In the above example, the option -falign-functions=4 is used for
gcc >= 3.00. For gcc < 3.00, -malign-functions=4 is used.
+ Note: cc-option-align uses KBUILD_CFLAGS for $(CC) options
cc-version
cc-version returns a numerical version of the $(CC) compiler version.
@@ -825,17 +828,17 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
#arch/sparc64/Makefile
AFLAGS += -m64 -mcpu=ultrasparc
- CFLAGS $(CC) compiler flags
+ KBUILD_CFLAGS $(CC) compiler flags
Default value - see top level Makefile
Append or modify as required per architecture.
- Often, the CFLAGS variable depends on the configuration.
+ Often, the KBUILD_CFLAGS variable depends on the configuration.
Example:
#arch/i386/Makefile
cflags-$(CONFIG_M386) += -march=i386
- CFLAGS += $(cflags-y)
+ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y)
Many arch Makefiles dynamically run the target C compiler to
probe supported options:
@@ -847,7 +850,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
-march=pentium2,-march=i686)
...
# Disable unit-at-a-time mode ...
- CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-unit-at-a-time)
+ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-unit-at-a-time)
...