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+Linux Kernel Makefiles
+
+This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles.
+
+=== Table of Contents
+
+	=== 1 Overview
+	=== 2 Who does what
+	=== 3 The kbuild files
+	   --- 3.1 Goal definitions
+	   --- 3.2 Built-in object goals - obj-y
+	   --- 3.3 Loadable module goals - obj-m
+	   --- 3.4 Objects which export symbols
+	   --- 3.5 Library file goals - lib-y
+	   --- 3.6 Descending down in directories
+	   --- 3.7 Compilation flags
+	   --- 3.8 Command line dependency
+	   --- 3.9 Dependency tracking
+	   --- 3.10 Special Rules
+	   --- 3.11 $(CC) support functions
+	   --- 3.12 $(LD) support functions
+
+	=== 4 Host Program support
+	   --- 4.1 Simple Host Program
+	   --- 4.2 Composite Host Programs
+	   --- 4.3 Using C++ for host programs
+	   --- 4.4 Controlling compiler options for host programs
+	   --- 4.5 When host programs are actually built
+	   --- 4.6 Using hostprogs-$(CONFIG_FOO)
+
+	=== 5 Kbuild clean infrastructure
+
+	=== 6 Architecture Makefiles
+	   --- 6.1 Set variables to tweak the build to the architecture
+	   --- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archheaders:
+	   --- 6.3 Add prerequisites to archprepare:
+	   --- 6.4 List directories to visit when descending
+	   --- 6.5 Architecture-specific boot images
+	   --- 6.6 Building non-kbuild targets
+	   --- 6.7 Commands useful for building a boot image
+	   --- 6.8 Custom kbuild commands
+	   --- 6.9 Preprocessing linker scripts
+	   --- 6.10 Generic header files
+	   --- 6.11 Post-link pass
+
+	=== 7 Kbuild syntax for exported headers
+		--- 7.1 no-export-headers
+		--- 7.2 generic-y
+		--- 7.3 generated-y
+		--- 7.4 mandatory-y
+
+	=== 8 Kbuild Variables
+	=== 9 Makefile language
+	=== 10 Credits
+	=== 11 TODO
+
+=== 1 Overview
+
+The Makefiles have five parts:
+
+	Makefile		the top Makefile.
+	.config			the kernel configuration file.
+	arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile	the arch Makefile.
+	scripts/Makefile.*	common rules etc. for all kbuild Makefiles.
+	kbuild Makefiles	there are about 500 of these.
+
+The top Makefile reads the .config file, which comes from the kernel
+configuration process.
+
+The top Makefile is responsible for building two major products: vmlinux
+(the resident kernel image) and modules (any module files).
+It builds these goals by recursively descending into the subdirectories of
+the kernel source tree.
+The list of subdirectories which are visited depends upon the kernel
+configuration. The top Makefile textually includes an arch Makefile
+with the name arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile. The arch Makefile supplies
+architecture-specific information to the top Makefile.
+
+Each subdirectory has a kbuild Makefile which carries out the commands
+passed down from above. The kbuild Makefile uses information from the
+.config file to construct various file lists used by kbuild to build
+any built-in or modular targets.
+
+scripts/Makefile.* contains all the definitions/rules etc. that
+are used to build the kernel based on the kbuild makefiles.
+
+
+=== 2 Who does what
+
+People have four different relationships with the kernel Makefiles.
+
+*Users* are people who build kernels.  These people type commands such as
+"make menuconfig" or "make".  They usually do not read or edit
+any kernel Makefiles (or any other source files).
+
+*Normal developers* are people who work on features such as device
+drivers, file systems, and network protocols.  These people need to
+maintain the kbuild Makefiles for the subsystem they are
+working on.  In order to do this effectively, they need some overall
+knowledge about the kernel Makefiles, plus detailed knowledge about the
+public interface for kbuild.
+
+*Arch developers* are people who work on an entire architecture, such
+as sparc or ia64.  Arch developers need to know about the arch Makefile
+as well as kbuild Makefiles.
+
+*Kbuild developers* are people who work on the kernel build system itself.
+These people need to know about all aspects of the kernel Makefiles.
+
+This document is aimed towards normal developers and arch developers.
+
+
+=== 3 The kbuild files
+
+Most Makefiles within the kernel are kbuild Makefiles that use the
+kbuild infrastructure. This chapter introduces the syntax used in the
+kbuild makefiles.
+The preferred name for the kbuild files are 'Makefile' but 'Kbuild' can
+be used and if both a 'Makefile' and a 'Kbuild' file exists, then the 'Kbuild'
+file will be used.
+
+Section 3.1 "Goal definitions" is a quick intro, further chapters provide
+more details, with real examples.
+
+--- 3.1 Goal definitions
+
+	Goal definitions are the main part (heart) of the kbuild Makefile.
+	These lines define the files to be built, any special compilation
+	options, and any subdirectories to be entered recursively.
+
+	The most simple kbuild makefile contains one line:
+
+	Example:
+		obj-y += foo.o
+
+	This tells kbuild that there is one object in that directory, named
+	foo.o. foo.o will be built from foo.c or foo.S.
+
+	If foo.o shall be built as a module, the variable obj-m is used.
+	Therefore the following pattern is often used:
+
+	Example:
+		obj-$(CONFIG_FOO) += foo.o
+
+	$(CONFIG_FOO) evaluates to either y (for built-in) or m (for module).
+	If CONFIG_FOO is neither y nor m, then the file will not be compiled
+	nor linked.
+
+--- 3.2 Built-in object goals - obj-y
+
+	The kbuild Makefile specifies object files for vmlinux
+	in the $(obj-y) lists.  These lists depend on the kernel
+	configuration.
+
+	Kbuild compiles all the $(obj-y) files.  It then calls
+	"$(AR) rcSTP" to merge these files into one built-in.a file.
+	This is a thin archive without a symbol table, which makes it
+	unsuitable as a linker input.
+
+	The scripts/link-vmlinux.sh script later makes an aggregate
+	built-in.a with "${AR} rcsTP", which creates the thin archive
+	with a symbol table and an index, making it a valid input for
+	the final vmlinux link passes.
+
+	The order of files in $(obj-y) is significant.  Duplicates in
+	the lists are allowed: the first instance will be linked into
+	built-in.a and succeeding instances will be ignored.
+
+	Link order is significant, because certain functions
+	(module_init() / __initcall) will be called during boot in the
+	order they appear. So keep in mind that changing the link
+	order may e.g. change the order in which your SCSI
+	controllers are detected, and thus your disks are renumbered.
+
+	Example:
+		#drivers/isdn/i4l/Makefile
+		# Makefile for the kernel ISDN subsystem and device drivers.
+		# Each configuration option enables a list of files.
+		obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_I4L)         += isdn.o
+		obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_PPP_BSDCOMP) += isdn_bsdcomp.o
+
+--- 3.3 Loadable module goals - obj-m
+
+	$(obj-m) specifies object files which are built as loadable
+	kernel modules.
+
+	A module may be built from one source file or several source
+	files. In the case of one source file, the kbuild makefile
+	simply adds the file to $(obj-m).
+
+	Example:
+		#drivers/isdn/i4l/Makefile
+		obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_PPP_BSDCOMP) += isdn_bsdcomp.o
+
+	Note: In this example $(CONFIG_ISDN_PPP_BSDCOMP) evaluates to 'm'
+
+	If a kernel module is built from several source files, you specify
+	that you want to build a module in the same way as above; however,
+	kbuild needs to know which object files you want to build your
+	module from, so you have to tell it by setting a $(<module_name>-y)
+	variable.
+
+	Example:
+		#drivers/isdn/i4l/Makefile
+		obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_I4L) += isdn.o
+		isdn-y := isdn_net_lib.o isdn_v110.o isdn_common.o
+
+	In this example, the module name will be isdn.o. Kbuild will
+	compile the objects listed in $(isdn-y) and then run
+	"$(LD) -r" on the list of these files to generate isdn.o.
+
+	Due to kbuild recognizing $(<module_name>-y) for composite objects,
+	you can use the value of a CONFIG_ symbol to optionally include an
+	object file as part of a composite object.
+
+	Example:
+		#fs/ext2/Makefile
+	        obj-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS) += ext2.o
+		ext2-y := balloc.o dir.o file.o ialloc.o inode.o ioctl.o \
+			  namei.o super.o symlink.o
+	        ext2-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR) += xattr.o xattr_user.o \
+						xattr_trusted.o
+
+	In this example, xattr.o, xattr_user.o and xattr_trusted.o are only
+	part of the composite object ext2.o if $(CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR)
+	evaluates to 'y'.
+
+	Note: Of course, when you are building objects into the kernel,
+	the syntax above will also work. So, if you have CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y,
+	kbuild will build an ext2.o file for you out of the individual
+	parts and then link this into built-in.a, as you would expect.
+
+--- 3.4 Objects which export symbols
+
+	No special notation is required in the makefiles for
+	modules exporting symbols.
+
+--- 3.5 Library file goals - lib-y
+
+	Objects listed with obj-* are used for modules, or
+	combined in a built-in.a for that specific directory.
+	There is also the possibility to list objects that will
+	be included in a library, lib.a.
+	All objects listed with lib-y are combined in a single
+	library for that directory.
+	Objects that are listed in obj-y and additionally listed in
+	lib-y will not be included in the library, since they will
+	be accessible anyway.
+	For consistency, objects listed in lib-m will be included in lib.a.
+
+	Note that the same kbuild makefile may list files to be built-in
+	and to be part of a library. Therefore the same directory
+	may contain both a built-in.a and a lib.a file.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/lib/Makefile
+		lib-y    := delay.o
+
+	This will create a library lib.a based on delay.o. For kbuild to
+	actually recognize that there is a lib.a being built, the directory
+	shall be listed in libs-y.
+	See also "6.4 List directories to visit when descending".
+
+	Use of lib-y is normally restricted to lib/ and arch/*/lib.
+
+--- 3.6 Descending down in directories
+
+	A Makefile is only responsible for building objects in its own
+	directory. Files in subdirectories should be taken care of by
+	Makefiles in these subdirs. The build system will automatically
+	invoke make recursively in subdirectories, provided you let it know of
+	them.
+
+	To do so, obj-y and obj-m are used.
+	ext2 lives in a separate directory, and the Makefile present in fs/
+	tells kbuild to descend down using the following assignment.
+
+	Example:
+		#fs/Makefile
+		obj-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS) += ext2/
+
+	If CONFIG_EXT2_FS is set to either 'y' (built-in) or 'm' (modular)
+	the corresponding obj- variable will be set, and kbuild will descend
+	down in the ext2 directory.
+	Kbuild only uses this information to decide that it needs to visit
+	the directory, it is the Makefile in the subdirectory that
+	specifies what is modular and what is built-in.
+
+	It is good practice to use a CONFIG_ variable when assigning directory
+	names. This allows kbuild to totally skip the directory if the
+	corresponding CONFIG_ option is neither 'y' nor 'm'.
+
+--- 3.7 Compilation flags
+
+    ccflags-y, asflags-y and ldflags-y
+	These three flags apply only to the kbuild makefile in which they
+	are assigned. They are used for all the normal cc, as and ld
+	invocations happening during a recursive build.
+	Note: Flags with the same behaviour were previously named:
+	EXTRA_CFLAGS, EXTRA_AFLAGS and EXTRA_LDFLAGS.
+	They are still supported but their usage is deprecated.
+
+	ccflags-y specifies options for compiling with $(CC).
+
+	Example:
+		# drivers/acpi/acpica/Makefile
+		ccflags-y			:= -Os -D_LINUX -DBUILDING_ACPICA
+		ccflags-$(CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG)	+= -DACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT
+
+	This variable is necessary because the top Makefile owns the
+	variable $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) and uses it for compilation flags for the
+	entire tree.
+
+	asflags-y specifies options for assembling with $(AS).
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/sparc/kernel/Makefile
+		asflags-y := -ansi
+
+	ldflags-y specifies options for linking with $(LD).
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/cris/boot/compressed/Makefile
+		ldflags-y += -T $(srctree)/$(src)/decompress_$(arch-y).lds
+
+    subdir-ccflags-y, subdir-asflags-y
+	The two flags listed above are similar to ccflags-y and asflags-y.
+	The difference is that the subdir- variants have effect for the kbuild
+	file where they are present and all subdirectories.
+	Options specified using subdir-* are added to the commandline before
+	the options specified using the non-subdir variants.
+
+	Example:
+		subdir-ccflags-y := -Werror
+
+    CFLAGS_$@, AFLAGS_$@
+
+	CFLAGS_$@ and AFLAGS_$@ only apply to commands in current
+	kbuild makefile.
+
+	$(CFLAGS_$@) specifies per-file options for $(CC).  The $@
+	part has a literal value which specifies the file that it is for.
+
+	Example:
+		# drivers/scsi/Makefile
+		CFLAGS_aha152x.o =   -DAHA152X_STAT -DAUTOCONF
+		CFLAGS_gdth.o    = # -DDEBUG_GDTH=2 -D__SERIAL__ -D__COM2__ \
+				     -DGDTH_STATISTICS
+
+	These two lines specify compilation flags for aha152x.o and gdth.o.
+
+	$(AFLAGS_$@) is a similar feature for source files in assembly
+	languages.
+
+	Example:
+		# arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
+		AFLAGS_head.o        := -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
+		AFLAGS_crunch-bits.o := -Wa,-mcpu=ep9312
+		AFLAGS_iwmmxt.o      := -Wa,-mcpu=iwmmxt
+
+
+--- 3.9 Dependency tracking
+
+	Kbuild tracks dependencies on the following:
+	1) All prerequisite files (both *.c and *.h)
+	2) CONFIG_ options used in all prerequisite files
+	3) Command-line used to compile target
+
+	Thus, if you change an option to $(CC) all affected files will
+	be re-compiled.
+
+--- 3.10 Special Rules
+
+	Special rules are used when the kbuild infrastructure does
+	not provide the required support. A typical example is
+	header files generated during the build process.
+	Another example are the architecture-specific Makefiles which
+	need special rules to prepare boot images etc.
+
+	Special rules are written as normal Make rules.
+	Kbuild is not executing in the directory where the Makefile is
+	located, so all special rules shall provide a relative
+	path to prerequisite files and target files.
+
+	Two variables are used when defining special rules:
+
+    $(src)
+	$(src) is a relative path which points to the directory
+	where the Makefile is located. Always use $(src) when
+	referring to files located in the src tree.
+
+    $(obj)
+	$(obj) is a relative path which points to the directory
+	where the target is saved. Always use $(obj) when
+	referring to generated files.
+
+	Example:
+		#drivers/scsi/Makefile
+		$(obj)/53c8xx_d.h: $(src)/53c7,8xx.scr $(src)/script_asm.pl
+			$(CPP) -DCHIP=810 - < $< | ... $(src)/script_asm.pl
+
+	This is a special rule, following the normal syntax
+	required by make.
+	The target file depends on two prerequisite files. References
+	to the target file are prefixed with $(obj), references
+	to prerequisites are referenced with $(src) (because they are not
+	generated files).
+
+    $(kecho)
+	echoing information to user in a rule is often a good practice
+	but when execution "make -s" one does not expect to see any output
+	except for warnings/errors.
+	To support this kbuild defines $(kecho) which will echo out the
+	text following $(kecho) to stdout except if "make -s" is used.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/blackfin/boot/Makefile
+		$(obj)/vmImage: $(obj)/vmlinux.gz
+			$(call if_changed,uimage)
+			@$(kecho) 'Kernel: $@ is ready'
+
+
+--- 3.11 $(CC) support functions
+
+	The kernel may be built with several different versions of
+	$(CC), each supporting a unique set of features and options.
+	kbuild provides basic support to check for valid options for $(CC).
+	$(CC) is usually the gcc compiler, but other alternatives are
+	available.
+
+    as-option
+	as-option is used to check if $(CC) -- when used to compile
+	assembler (*.S) files -- supports the given option. An optional
+	second option may be specified if the first option is not supported.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/sh/Makefile
+		cflags-y += $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-isa=$(isa-y),)
+
+	In the above example, cflags-y will be assigned the option
+	-Wa$(comma)-isa=$(isa-y) if it is supported by $(CC).
+	The second argument is optional, and if supplied will be used
+	if first argument is not supported.
+
+    cc-ldoption
+	cc-ldoption is used to check if $(CC) when used to link object files
+	supports the given option.  An optional second option may be
+	specified if first option are not supported.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+		vsyscall-flags += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv)
+
+	In the above example, vsyscall-flags will be assigned the option
+	-Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv if it is supported by $(CC).
+	The second argument is optional, and if supplied will be used
+	if first argument is not supported.
+
+    as-instr
+	as-instr checks if the assembler reports a specific instruction
+	and then outputs either option1 or option2
+	C escapes are supported in the test instruction
+	Note: as-instr-option uses KBUILD_AFLAGS for $(AS) options
+
+    cc-option
+	cc-option is used to check if $(CC) supports a given option, and if
+	not supported to use an optional second option.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/Makefile
+		cflags-y += $(call cc-option,-march=pentium-mmx,-march=i586)
+
+	In the above example, cflags-y will be assigned the option
+	-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
+	and return 'y' if supported, otherwise 'n'.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/ppc/Makefile
+		biarch := $(call cc-option-yn, -m32)
+		aflags-$(biarch) += -a32
+		cflags-$(biarch) += -m32
+
+	In the above example, $(biarch) is set to y if $(CC) supports the -m32
+	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-disable-warning
+	cc-disable-warning checks if gcc supports a given warning and returns
+	the commandline switch to disable it. This special function is needed,
+	because gcc 4.4 and later accept any unknown -Wno-* option and only
+	warn about it if there is another warning in the source file.
+
+	Example:
+		KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable)
+
+	In the above example, -Wno-unused-but-set-variable will be added to
+	KBUILD_CFLAGS only if gcc really accepts it.
+
+    cc-version
+	cc-version returns a numerical version of the $(CC) compiler version.
+	The format is <major><minor> where both are two digits. So for example
+	gcc 3.41 would return 0341.
+	cc-version is useful when a specific $(CC) version is faulty in one
+	area, for example -mregparm=3 was broken in some gcc versions
+	even though the option was accepted by gcc.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/Makefile
+		cflags-y += $(shell \
+		if [ $(cc-version) -ge 0300 ] ; then \
+			echo "-mregparm=3"; fi ;)
+
+	In the above example, -mregparm=3 is only used for gcc version greater
+	than or equal to gcc 3.0.
+
+    cc-ifversion
+	cc-ifversion tests the version of $(CC) and equals the fourth parameter
+	if version expression is true, or the fifth (if given) if the version
+	expression is false.
+
+	Example:
+		#fs/reiserfs/Makefile
+		ccflags-y := $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0402, -O1)
+
+	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
+	The third parameter may be a text as in this example, but it may also
+	be an expanded variable or a macro.
+
+    cc-fullversion
+	cc-fullversion is useful when the exact version of gcc is needed.
+	One typical use-case is when a specific GCC version is broken.
+	cc-fullversion points out a more specific version than cc-version does.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/powerpc/Makefile
+		$(Q)if test "$(cc-fullversion)" = "040200" ; then \
+			echo -n '*** GCC-4.2.0 cannot compile the 64-bit powerpc ' ; \
+			false ; \
+		fi
+
+	In this example for a specific GCC version the build will error out
+	explaining to the user why it stops.
+
+    cc-cross-prefix
+	cc-cross-prefix is used to check if there exists a $(CC) in path with
+	one of the listed prefixes. The first prefix where there exist a
+	prefix$(CC) in the PATH is returned - and if no prefix$(CC) is found
+	then nothing is returned.
+	Additional prefixes are separated by a single space in the
+	call of cc-cross-prefix.
+	This functionality is useful for architecture Makefiles that try
+	to set CROSS_COMPILE to well-known values but may have several
+	values to select between.
+	It is recommended only to try to set CROSS_COMPILE if it is a cross
+	build (host arch is different from target arch). And if CROSS_COMPILE
+	is already set then leave it with the old value.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/m68k/Makefile
+		ifneq ($(SUBARCH),$(ARCH))
+		        ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
+		               CROSS_COMPILE := $(call cc-cross-prefix, m68k-linux-gnu-)
+			endif
+		endif
+
+--- 3.12 $(LD) support functions
+
+    ld-option
+	ld-option is used to check if $(LD) supports the supplied option.
+	ld-option takes two options as arguments.
+	The second argument is an optional option that can be used if the
+	first option is not supported by $(LD).
+
+	Example:
+		#Makefile
+		LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, -X)
+
+
+=== 4 Host Program support
+
+Kbuild supports building executables on the host for use during the
+compilation stage.
+Two steps are required in order to use a host executable.
+
+The first step is to tell kbuild that a host program exists. This is
+done utilising the variable hostprogs-y.
+
+The second step is to add an explicit dependency to the executable.
+This can be done in two ways. Either add the dependency in a rule,
+or utilise the variable $(always).
+Both possibilities are described in the following.
+
+--- 4.1 Simple Host Program
+
+	In some cases there is a need to compile and run a program on the
+	computer where the build is running.
+	The following line tells kbuild that the program bin2hex shall be
+	built on the build host.
+
+	Example:
+		hostprogs-y := bin2hex
+
+	Kbuild assumes in the above example that bin2hex is made from a single
+	c-source file named bin2hex.c located in the same directory as
+	the Makefile.
+
+--- 4.2 Composite Host Programs
+
+	Host programs can be made up based on composite objects.
+	The syntax used to define composite objects for host programs is
+	similar to the syntax used for kernel objects.
+	$(<executable>-objs) lists all objects used to link the final
+	executable.
+
+	Example:
+		#scripts/lxdialog/Makefile
+		hostprogs-y   := lxdialog
+		lxdialog-objs := checklist.o lxdialog.o
+
+	Objects with extension .o are compiled from the corresponding .c
+	files. In the above example, checklist.c is compiled to checklist.o
+	and lxdialog.c is compiled to lxdialog.o.
+	Finally, the two .o files are linked to the executable, lxdialog.
+	Note: The syntax <executable>-y is not permitted for host-programs.
+
+--- 4.3 Using C++ for host programs
+
+	kbuild offers support for host programs written in C++. This was
+	introduced solely to support kconfig, and is not recommended
+	for general use.
+
+	Example:
+		#scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+		hostprogs-y   := qconf
+		qconf-cxxobjs := qconf.o
+
+	In the example above the executable is composed of the C++ file
+	qconf.cc - identified by $(qconf-cxxobjs).
+
+	If qconf is composed of a mixture of .c and .cc files, then an
+	additional line can be used to identify this.
+
+	Example:
+		#scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+		hostprogs-y   := qconf
+		qconf-cxxobjs := qconf.o
+		qconf-objs    := check.o
+
+--- 4.4 Controlling compiler options for host programs
+
+	When compiling host programs, it is possible to set specific flags.
+	The programs will always be compiled utilising $(HOSTCC) passed
+	the options specified in $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS).
+	To set flags that will take effect for all host programs created
+	in that Makefile, use the variable HOST_EXTRACFLAGS.
+
+	Example:
+		#scripts/lxdialog/Makefile
+		HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I/usr/include/ncurses
+
+	To set specific flags for a single file the following construction
+	is used:
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/ppc64/boot/Makefile
+		HOSTCFLAGS_piggyback.o := -DKERNELBASE=$(KERNELBASE)
+
+	It is also possible to specify additional options to the linker.
+
+	Example:
+		#scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+		HOSTLDLIBS_qconf := -L$(QTDIR)/lib
+
+	When linking qconf, it will be passed the extra option
+	"-L$(QTDIR)/lib".
+
+--- 4.5 When host programs are actually built
+
+	Kbuild will only build host-programs when they are referenced
+	as a prerequisite.
+	This is possible in two ways:
+
+	(1) List the prerequisite explicitly in a special rule.
+
+	Example:
+		#drivers/pci/Makefile
+		hostprogs-y := gen-devlist
+		$(obj)/devlist.h: $(src)/pci.ids $(obj)/gen-devlist
+			( cd $(obj); ./gen-devlist ) < $<
+
+	The target $(obj)/devlist.h will not be built before
+	$(obj)/gen-devlist is updated. Note that references to
+	the host programs in special rules must be prefixed with $(obj).
+
+	(2) Use $(always)
+	When there is no suitable special rule, and the host program
+	shall be built when a makefile is entered, the $(always)
+	variable shall be used.
+
+	Example:
+		#scripts/lxdialog/Makefile
+		hostprogs-y   := lxdialog
+		always        := $(hostprogs-y)
+
+	This will tell kbuild to build lxdialog even if not referenced in
+	any rule.
+
+--- 4.6 Using hostprogs-$(CONFIG_FOO)
+
+	A typical pattern in a Kbuild file looks like this:
+
+	Example:
+		#scripts/Makefile
+		hostprogs-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS) += kallsyms
+
+	Kbuild knows about both 'y' for built-in and 'm' for module.
+	So if a config symbol evaluates to 'm', kbuild will still build
+	the binary. In other words, Kbuild handles hostprogs-m exactly
+	like hostprogs-y. But only hostprogs-y is recommended to be used
+	when no CONFIG symbols are involved.
+
+=== 5 Kbuild clean infrastructure
+
+"make clean" deletes most generated files in the obj tree where the kernel
+is compiled. This includes generated files such as host programs.
+Kbuild knows targets listed in $(hostprogs-y), $(hostprogs-m), $(always),
+$(extra-y) and $(targets). They are all deleted during "make clean".
+Files matching the patterns "*.[oas]", "*.ko", plus some additional files
+generated by kbuild are deleted all over the kernel src tree when
+"make clean" is executed.
+
+Additional files can be specified in kbuild makefiles by use of $(clean-files).
+
+	Example:
+		#lib/Makefile
+		clean-files := crc32table.h
+
+When executing "make clean", the file "crc32table.h" will be deleted.
+Kbuild will assume files to be in the same relative directory as the
+Makefile, except if prefixed with $(objtree).
+
+To delete a directory hierarchy use:
+
+	Example:
+		#scripts/package/Makefile
+		clean-dirs := $(objtree)/debian/
+
+This will delete the directory debian in the toplevel directory, including all
+subdirectories.
+
+To exclude certain files from make clean, use the $(no-clean-files) variable.
+This is only a special case used in the top level Kbuild file:
+
+	Example:
+		#Kbuild
+		no-clean-files := $(bounds-file) $(offsets-file)
+
+Usually kbuild descends down in subdirectories due to "obj-* := dir/",
+but in the architecture makefiles where the kbuild infrastructure
+is not sufficient this sometimes needs to be explicit.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+		subdir- := compressed/
+
+The above assignment instructs kbuild to descend down in the
+directory compressed/ when "make clean" is executed.
+
+To support the clean infrastructure in the Makefiles that build the
+final bootimage there is an optional target named archclean:
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/Makefile
+		archclean:
+			$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=arch/x86/boot
+
+When "make clean" is executed, make will descend down in arch/x86/boot,
+and clean as usual. The Makefile located in arch/x86/boot/ may use
+the subdir- trick to descend further down.
+
+Note 1: arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile cannot use "subdir-", because that file is
+included in the top level makefile, and the kbuild infrastructure
+is not operational at that point.
+
+Note 2: All directories listed in core-y, libs-y, drivers-y and net-y will
+be visited during "make clean".
+
+=== 6 Architecture Makefiles
+
+The top level Makefile sets up the environment and does the preparation,
+before starting to descend down in the individual directories.
+The top level makefile contains the generic part, whereas
+arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile contains what is required to set up kbuild
+for said architecture.
+To do so, arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile sets up a number of variables and defines
+a few targets.
+
+When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
+1) Configuration of the kernel => produce .config
+2) Store kernel version in include/linux/version.h
+3) Updating all other prerequisites to the target prepare:
+   - Additional prerequisites are specified in arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile
+4) Recursively descend down in all directories listed in
+   init-* core* drivers-* net-* libs-* and build all targets.
+   - The values of the above variables are expanded in arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile.
+5) All object files are then linked and the resulting file vmlinux is
+   located at the root of the obj tree.
+   The very first objects linked are listed in head-y, assigned by
+   arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile.
+6) Finally, the architecture-specific part does any required post processing
+   and builds the final bootimage.
+   - This includes building boot records
+   - Preparing initrd images and the like
+
+
+--- 6.1 Set variables to tweak the build to the architecture
+
+    LDFLAGS		Generic $(LD) options
+
+	Flags used for all invocations of the linker.
+	Often specifying the emulation is sufficient.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/s390/Makefile
+		LDFLAGS         := -m elf_s390
+	Note: ldflags-y can be used to further customise
+	the flags used. See chapter 3.7.
+
+    LDFLAGS_vmlinux	Options for $(LD) when linking vmlinux
+
+	LDFLAGS_vmlinux is used to specify additional flags to pass to
+	the linker when linking the final vmlinux image.
+	LDFLAGS_vmlinux uses the LDFLAGS_$@ support.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/Makefile
+		LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -e stext
+
+    OBJCOPYFLAGS	objcopy flags
+
+	When $(call if_changed,objcopy) is used to translate a .o file,
+	the flags specified in OBJCOPYFLAGS will be used.
+	$(call if_changed,objcopy) is often used to generate raw binaries on
+	vmlinux.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/s390/Makefile
+		OBJCOPYFLAGS := -O binary
+
+		#arch/s390/boot/Makefile
+		$(obj)/image: vmlinux FORCE
+			$(call if_changed,objcopy)
+
+	In this example, the binary $(obj)/image is a binary version of
+	vmlinux. The usage of $(call if_changed,xxx) will be described later.
+
+    KBUILD_AFLAGS		$(AS) assembler flags
+
+	Default value - see top level Makefile
+	Append or modify as required per architecture.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/sparc64/Makefile
+		KBUILD_AFLAGS += -m64 -mcpu=ultrasparc
+
+    KBUILD_CFLAGS		$(CC) compiler flags
+
+	Default value - see top level Makefile
+	Append or modify as required per architecture.
+
+	Often, the KBUILD_CFLAGS variable depends on the configuration.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+		cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_32) := -march=i386
+		cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := -mcmodel=small
+		KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y)
+
+	Many arch Makefiles dynamically run the target C compiler to
+	probe supported options:
+
+		#arch/x86/Makefile
+
+		...
+		cflags-$(CONFIG_MPENTIUMII)     += $(call cc-option,\
+						-march=pentium2,-march=i686)
+		...
+		# Disable unit-at-a-time mode ...
+		KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-unit-at-a-time)
+		...
+
+
+	The first example utilises the trick that a config option expands
+	to 'y' when selected.
+
+    KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL	$(AS) options specific for built-in
+
+	$(KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL) contains extra C compiler flags used to compile
+	resident kernel code.
+
+    KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE   Options for $(AS) when building modules
+
+	$(KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch-specific options that
+	are used for $(AS).
+	From commandline AFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
+
+    KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL	$(CC) options specific for built-in
+
+	$(KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL) contains extra C compiler flags used to compile
+	resident kernel code.
+
+    KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE   Options for $(CC) when building modules
+
+	$(KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch-specific options that
+	are used for $(CC).
+	From commandline CFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
+
+    KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE   Options for $(LD) when linking modules
+
+	$(KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch-specific options
+	used when linking modules. This is often a linker script.
+	From commandline LDFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
+
+    KBUILD_ARFLAGS   Options for $(AR) when creating archives
+
+	$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) set by the top level Makefile to "D" (deterministic
+	mode) if this option is supported by $(AR).
+
+    ARCH_CPPFLAGS, ARCH_AFLAGS, ARCH_CFLAGS   Overrides the kbuild defaults
+
+	These variables are appended to the KBUILD_CPPFLAGS,
+	KBUILD_AFLAGS, and KBUILD_CFLAGS, respectively, after the
+	top-level Makefile has set any other flags. This provides a
+	means for an architecture to override the defaults.
+
+
+--- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archheaders:
+
+	The archheaders: rule is used to generate header files that
+	may be installed into user space by "make header_install" or
+	"make headers_install_all".  In order to support
+	"make headers_install_all", this target has to be able to run
+	on an unconfigured tree, or a tree configured for another
+	architecture.
+
+	It is run before "make archprepare" when run on the
+	architecture itself.
+
+
+--- 6.3 Add prerequisites to archprepare:
+
+	The archprepare: rule is used to list prerequisites that need to be
+	built before starting to descend down in the subdirectories.
+	This is usually used for header files containing assembler constants.
+
+		Example:
+		#arch/arm/Makefile
+		archprepare: maketools
+
+	In this example, the file target maketools will be processed
+	before descending down in the subdirectories.
+	See also chapter XXX-TODO that describe how kbuild supports
+	generating offset header files.
+
+
+--- 6.4 List directories to visit when descending
+
+	An arch Makefile cooperates with the top Makefile to define variables
+	which specify how to build the vmlinux file.  Note that there is no
+	corresponding arch-specific section for modules; the module-building
+	machinery is all architecture-independent.
+
+
+    head-y, init-y, core-y, libs-y, drivers-y, net-y
+
+	$(head-y) lists objects to be linked first in vmlinux.
+	$(libs-y) lists directories where a lib.a archive can be located.
+	The rest list directories where a built-in.a object file can be
+	located.
+
+	$(init-y) objects will be located after $(head-y).
+	Then the rest follows in this order:
+	$(core-y), $(libs-y), $(drivers-y) and $(net-y).
+
+	The top level Makefile defines values for all generic directories,
+	and arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile only adds architecture-specific directories.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/sparc64/Makefile
+		core-y += arch/sparc64/kernel/
+		libs-y += arch/sparc64/prom/ arch/sparc64/lib/
+		drivers-$(CONFIG_OPROFILE)  += arch/sparc64/oprofile/
+
+
+--- 6.5 Architecture-specific boot images
+
+	An arch Makefile specifies goals that take the vmlinux file, compress
+	it, wrap it in bootstrapping code, and copy the resulting files
+	somewhere. This includes various kinds of installation commands.
+	The actual goals are not standardized across architectures.
+
+	It is common to locate any additional processing in a boot/
+	directory below arch/$(ARCH)/.
+
+	Kbuild does not provide any smart way to support building a
+	target specified in boot/. Therefore arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile shall
+	call make manually to build a target in boot/.
+
+	The recommended approach is to include shortcuts in
+	arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile, and use the full path when calling down
+	into the arch/$(ARCH)/boot/Makefile.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/Makefile
+		boot := arch/x86/boot
+		bzImage: vmlinux
+			$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@
+
+	"$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=<dir>" is the recommended way to invoke
+	make in a subdirectory.
+
+	There are no rules for naming architecture-specific targets,
+	but executing "make help" will list all relevant targets.
+	To support this, $(archhelp) must be defined.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/Makefile
+		define archhelp
+		  echo  '* bzImage      - Image (arch/$(ARCH)/boot/bzImage)'
+		endif
+
+	When make is executed without arguments, the first goal encountered
+	will be built. In the top level Makefile the first goal present
+	is all:.
+	An architecture shall always, per default, build a bootable image.
+	In "make help", the default goal is highlighted with a '*'.
+	Add a new prerequisite to all: to select a default goal different
+	from vmlinux.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/Makefile
+		all: bzImage
+
+	When "make" is executed without arguments, bzImage will be built.
+
+--- 6.6 Building non-kbuild targets
+
+    extra-y
+
+	extra-y specifies additional targets created in the current
+	directory, in addition to any targets specified by obj-*.
+
+	Listing all targets in extra-y is required for two purposes:
+	1) Enable kbuild to check changes in command lines
+	   - When $(call if_changed,xxx) is used
+	2) kbuild knows what files to delete during "make clean"
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+		extra-y := head.o init_task.o
+
+	In this example, extra-y is used to list object files that
+	shall be built, but shall not be linked as part of built-in.a.
+
+
+--- 6.7 Commands useful for building a boot image
+
+	Kbuild provides a few macros that are useful when building a
+	boot image.
+
+    if_changed
+
+	if_changed is the infrastructure used for the following commands.
+
+	Usage:
+		target: source(s) FORCE
+			$(call if_changed,ld/objcopy/gzip/...)
+
+	When the rule is evaluated, it is checked to see if any files
+	need an update, or the command line has changed since the last
+	invocation. The latter will force a rebuild if any options
+	to the executable have changed.
+	Any target that utilises if_changed must be listed in $(targets),
+	otherwise the command line check will fail, and the target will
+	always be built.
+	Assignments to $(targets) are without $(obj)/ prefix.
+	if_changed may be used in conjunction with custom commands as
+	defined in 6.8 "Custom kbuild commands".
+
+	Note: It is a typical mistake to forget the FORCE prerequisite.
+	Another common pitfall is that whitespace is sometimes
+	significant; for instance, the below will fail (note the extra space
+	after the comma):
+		target: source(s) FORCE
+	#WRONG!#	$(call if_changed, ld/objcopy/gzip/...)
+
+        Note: if_changed should not be used more than once per target.
+              It stores the executed command in a corresponding .cmd
+        file and multiple calls would result in overwrites and
+        unwanted results when the target is up to date and only the
+        tests on changed commands trigger execution of commands.
+
+    ld
+	Link target. Often, LDFLAGS_$@ is used to set specific options to ld.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+		LDFLAGS_bootsect := -Ttext 0x0 -s --oformat binary
+		LDFLAGS_setup    := -Ttext 0x0 -s --oformat binary -e begtext
+
+		targets += setup setup.o bootsect bootsect.o
+		$(obj)/setup $(obj)/bootsect: %: %.o FORCE
+			$(call if_changed,ld)
+
+	In this example, there are two possible targets, requiring different
+	options to the linker. The linker options are specified using the
+	LDFLAGS_$@ syntax - one for each potential target.
+	$(targets) are assigned all potential targets, by which kbuild knows
+	the targets and will:
+		1) check for commandline changes
+		2) delete target during make clean
+
+	The ": %: %.o" part of the prerequisite is a shorthand that
+	frees us from listing the setup.o and bootsect.o files.
+	Note: It is a common mistake to forget the "targets :=" assignment,
+	      resulting in the target file being recompiled for no
+	      obvious reason.
+
+    objcopy
+	Copy binary. Uses OBJCOPYFLAGS usually specified in
+	arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile.
+	OBJCOPYFLAGS_$@ may be used to set additional options.
+
+    gzip
+	Compress target. Use maximum compression to compress target.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+		$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE
+			$(call if_changed,gzip)
+
+    dtc
+	Create flattened device tree blob object suitable for linking
+	into vmlinux. Device tree blobs linked into vmlinux are placed
+	in an init section in the image. Platform code *must* copy the
+	blob to non-init memory prior to calling unflatten_device_tree().
+
+	To use this command, simply add *.dtb into obj-y or targets, or make
+	some other target depend on %.dtb
+
+	A central rule exists to create $(obj)/%.dtb from $(src)/%.dts;
+	architecture Makefiles do no need to explicitly write out that rule.
+
+	Example:
+		targets += $(dtb-y)
+		DTC_FLAGS ?= -p 1024
+
+--- 6.8 Custom kbuild commands
+
+	When kbuild is executing with KBUILD_VERBOSE=0, then only a shorthand
+	of a command is normally displayed.
+	To enable this behaviour for custom commands kbuild requires
+	two variables to be set:
+	quiet_cmd_<command>	- what shall be echoed
+	      cmd_<command>	- the command to execute
+
+	Example:
+		#
+		quiet_cmd_image = BUILD   $@
+		      cmd_image = $(obj)/tools/build $(BUILDFLAGS) \
+		                                     $(obj)/vmlinux.bin > $@
+
+		targets += bzImage
+		$(obj)/bzImage: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin $(obj)/tools/build FORCE
+			$(call if_changed,image)
+			@echo 'Kernel: $@ is ready'
+
+	When updating the $(obj)/bzImage target, the line
+
+	BUILD    arch/x86/boot/bzImage
+
+	will be displayed with "make KBUILD_VERBOSE=0".
+
+
+--- 6.9 Preprocessing linker scripts
+
+	When the vmlinux image is built, the linker script
+	arch/$(ARCH)/kernel/vmlinux.lds is used.
+	The script is a preprocessed variant of the file vmlinux.lds.S
+	located in the same directory.
+	kbuild knows .lds files and includes a rule *lds.S -> *lds.
+
+	Example:
+		#arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+		always := vmlinux.lds
+
+		#Makefile
+		export CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds += -P -C -U$(ARCH)
+
+	The assignment to $(always) is used to tell kbuild to build the
+	target vmlinux.lds.
+	The assignment to $(CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds) tells kbuild to use the
+	specified options when building the target vmlinux.lds.
+
+	When building the *.lds target, kbuild uses the variables:
+	KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	: Set in top-level Makefile
+	cppflags-y	: May be set in the kbuild makefile
+	CPPFLAGS_$(@F)  : Target-specific flags.
+	                  Note that the full filename is used in this
+	                  assignment.
+
+	The kbuild infrastructure for *lds files is used in several
+	architecture-specific files.
+
+--- 6.10 Generic header files
+
+	The directory include/asm-generic contains the header files
+	that may be shared between individual architectures.
+	The recommended approach how to use a generic header file is
+	to list the file in the Kbuild file.
+	See "7.2 generic-y" for further info on syntax etc.
+
+--- 6.11 Post-link pass
+
+	If the file arch/xxx/Makefile.postlink exists, this makefile
+	will be invoked for post-link objects (vmlinux and modules.ko)
+	for architectures to run post-link passes on. Must also handle
+	the clean target.
+
+	This pass runs after kallsyms generation. If the architecture
+	needs to modify symbol locations, rather than manipulate the
+	kallsyms, it may be easier to add another postlink target for
+	.tmp_vmlinux? targets to be called from link-vmlinux.sh.
+
+	For example, powerpc uses this to check relocation sanity of
+	the linked vmlinux file.
+
+=== 7 Kbuild syntax for exported headers
+
+The kernel includes a set of headers that is exported to userspace.
+Many headers can be exported as-is but other headers require a
+minimal pre-processing before they are ready for user-space.
+The pre-processing does:
+- drop kernel-specific annotations
+- drop include of compiler.h
+- drop all sections that are kernel internal (guarded by ifdef __KERNEL__)
+
+All headers under include/uapi/, include/generated/uapi/,
+arch/<arch>/include/uapi/ and arch/<arch>/include/generated/uapi/
+are exported.
+
+A Kbuild file may be defined under arch/<arch>/include/uapi/asm/ and
+arch/<arch>/include/asm/ to list asm files coming from asm-generic.
+See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file.
+
+--- 7.1 no-export-headers
+
+	no-export-headers is essentially used by include/uapi/linux/Kbuild to
+	avoid exporting specific headers (e.g. kvm.h) on architectures that do
+	not support it. It should be avoided as much as possible.
+
+--- 7.2 generic-y
+
+	If an architecture uses a verbatim copy of a header from
+	include/asm-generic then this is listed in the file
+	arch/$(ARCH)/include/asm/Kbuild like this:
+
+		Example:
+			#arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
+			generic-y += termios.h
+			generic-y += rtc.h
+
+	During the prepare phase of the build a wrapper include
+	file is generated in the directory:
+
+		arch/$(ARCH)/include/generated/asm
+
+	When a header is exported where the architecture uses
+	the generic header a similar wrapper is generated as part
+	of the set of exported headers in the directory:
+
+		usr/include/asm
+
+	The generated wrapper will in both cases look like the following:
+
+		Example: termios.h
+			#include <asm-generic/termios.h>
+
+--- 7.3 generated-y
+
+	If an architecture generates other header files alongside generic-y
+	wrappers, generated-y specifies them.
+
+	This prevents them being treated as stale asm-generic wrappers and
+	removed.
+
+		Example:
+			#arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
+			generated-y += syscalls_32.h
+
+--- 7.4 mandatory-y
+
+	mandatory-y is essentially used by include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
+	to define the minimum set of headers that must be exported in
+	include/asm.
+
+	The convention is to list one subdir per line and
+	preferably in alphabetic order.
+
+=== 8 Kbuild Variables
+
+The top Makefile exports the following variables:
+
+    VERSION, PATCHLEVEL, SUBLEVEL, EXTRAVERSION
+
+	These variables define the current kernel version.  A few arch
+	Makefiles actually use these values directly; they should use
+	$(KERNELRELEASE) instead.
+
+	$(VERSION), $(PATCHLEVEL), and $(SUBLEVEL) define the basic
+	three-part version number, such as "2", "4", and "0".  These three
+	values are always numeric.
+
+	$(EXTRAVERSION) defines an even tinier sublevel for pre-patches
+	or additional patches.	It is usually some non-numeric string
+	such as "-pre4", and is often blank.
+
+    KERNELRELEASE
+
+	$(KERNELRELEASE) is a single string such as "2.4.0-pre4", suitable
+	for constructing installation directory names or showing in
+	version strings.  Some arch Makefiles use it for this purpose.
+
+    ARCH
+
+	This variable defines the target architecture, such as "i386",
+	"arm", or "sparc". Some kbuild Makefiles test $(ARCH) to
+	determine which files to compile.
+
+	By default, the top Makefile sets $(ARCH) to be the same as the
+	host system architecture.  For a cross build, a user may
+	override the value of $(ARCH) on the command line:
+
+	    make ARCH=m68k ...
+
+
+    INSTALL_PATH
+
+	This variable defines a place for the arch Makefiles to install
+	the resident kernel image and System.map file.
+	Use this for architecture-specific install targets.
+
+    INSTALL_MOD_PATH, MODLIB
+
+	$(INSTALL_MOD_PATH) specifies a prefix to $(MODLIB) for module
+	installation.  This variable is not defined in the Makefile but
+	may be passed in by the user if desired.
+
+	$(MODLIB) specifies the directory for module installation.
+	The top Makefile defines $(MODLIB) to
+	$(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE).  The user may
+	override this value on the command line if desired.
+
+    INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
+
+	If this variable is specified, it will cause modules to be stripped
+	after they are installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then the
+	default option --strip-debug will be used.  Otherwise, the
+	INSTALL_MOD_STRIP value will be used as the option(s) to the strip
+	command.
+
+
+=== 9 Makefile language
+
+The kernel Makefiles are designed to be run with GNU Make.  The Makefiles
+use only the documented features of GNU Make, but they do use many
+GNU extensions.
+
+GNU Make supports elementary list-processing functions.  The kernel
+Makefiles use a novel style of list building and manipulation with few
+"if" statements.
+
+GNU Make has two assignment operators, ":=" and "=".  ":=" performs
+immediate evaluation of the right-hand side and stores an actual string
+into the left-hand side.  "=" is like a formula definition; it stores the
+right-hand side in an unevaluated form and then evaluates this form each
+time the left-hand side is used.
+
+There are some cases where "=" is appropriate.  Usually, though, ":="
+is the right choice.
+
+=== 10 Credits
+
+Original version made by Michael Elizabeth Chastain, <mailto:mec@shout.net>
+Updates by Kai Germaschewski <kai@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
+Updates by Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
+Language QA by Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de>
+
+=== 11 TODO
+
+- Describe how kbuild supports shipped files with _shipped.
+- Generating offset header files.
+- Add more variables to section 7?
+
+
+