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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2d1fc03d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst @@ -0,0 +1,269 @@ +====== +Kbuild +====== + + +Output files +============ + +modules.order +------------- +This file records the order in which modules appear in Makefiles. This +is used by modprobe to deterministically resolve aliases that match +multiple modules. + +modules.builtin +--------------- +This file lists all modules that are built into the kernel. This is used +by modprobe to not fail when trying to load something builtin. + +modules.builtin.modinfo +----------------------- +This file contains modinfo from all modules that are built into the kernel. +Unlike modinfo of a separate module, all fields are prefixed with module name. + + +Environment variables +===================== + +KCPPFLAGS +--------- +Additional options to pass when preprocessing. The preprocessing options +will be used in all cases where kbuild does preprocessing including +building C files and assembler files. + +KAFLAGS +------- +Additional options to the assembler (for built-in and modules). + +AFLAGS_MODULE +------------- +Additional assembler options for modules. + +AFLAGS_KERNEL +------------- +Additional assembler options for built-in. + +KCFLAGS +------- +Additional options to the C compiler (for built-in and modules). + +CFLAGS_KERNEL +------------- +Additional options for $(CC) when used to compile +code that is compiled as built-in. + +CFLAGS_MODULE +------------- +Additional module specific options to use for $(CC). + +LDFLAGS_MODULE +-------------- +Additional options used for $(LD) when linking modules. + +HOSTCFLAGS +---------- +Additional flags to be passed to $(HOSTCC) when building host programs. + +HOSTCXXFLAGS +------------ +Additional flags to be passed to $(HOSTCXX) when building host programs. + +HOSTLDFLAGS +----------- +Additional flags to be passed when linking host programs. + +HOSTLDLIBS +---------- +Additional libraries to link against when building host programs. + +KBUILD_KCONFIG +-------------- +Set the top-level Kconfig file to the value of this environment +variable. The default name is "Kconfig". + +KBUILD_VERBOSE +-------------- +Set the kbuild verbosity. Can be assigned same values as "V=...". + +See make help for the full list. + +Setting "V=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_VERBOSE. + +KBUILD_EXTMOD +------------- +Set the directory to look for the kernel source when building external +modules. + +Setting "M=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_EXTMOD. + +KBUILD_OUTPUT +------------- +Specify the output directory when building the kernel. + +The output directory can also be specified using "O=...". + +Setting "O=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_OUTPUT. + +KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN +----------------- +Specify the extra build checks. The same value can be assigned by passing +W=... from the command line. + +See `make help` for the list of the supported values. + +Setting "W=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN. + +KBUILD_DEBARCH +-------------- +For the deb-pkg target, allows overriding the normal heuristics deployed by +deb-pkg. Normally deb-pkg attempts to guess the right architecture based on +the UTS_MACHINE variable, and on some architectures also the kernel config. +The value of KBUILD_DEBARCH is assumed (not checked) to be a valid Debian +architecture. + +ARCH +---- +Set ARCH to the architecture to be built. + +In most cases the name of the architecture is the same as the +directory name found in the arch/ directory. + +But some architectures such as x86 and sparc have aliases. + +- x86: i386 for 32 bit, x86_64 for 64 bit +- sh: sh for 32 bit, sh64 for 64 bit +- sparc: sparc32 for 32 bit, sparc64 for 64 bit + +CROSS_COMPILE +------------- +Specify an optional fixed part of the binutils filename. +CROSS_COMPILE can be a part of the filename or the full path. + +CROSS_COMPILE is also used for ccache in some setups. + +CF +-- +Additional options for sparse. + +CF is often used on the command-line like this:: + + make CF=-Wbitwise C=2 + +INSTALL_PATH +------------ +INSTALL_PATH specifies where to place the updated kernel and system map +images. Default is /boot, but you can set it to other values. + +INSTALLKERNEL +------------- +Install script called when using "make install". +The default name is "installkernel". + +The script will be called with the following arguments: + + - $1 - kernel version + - $2 - kernel image file + - $3 - kernel map file + - $4 - default install path (use root directory if blank) + +The implementation of "make install" is architecture specific +and it may differ from the above. + +INSTALLKERNEL is provided to enable the possibility to +specify a custom installer when cross compiling a kernel. + +MODLIB +------ +Specify where to install modules. +The default value is:: + + $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE) + +The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored. + +INSTALL_MOD_PATH +---------------- +INSTALL_MOD_PATH specifies a prefix to MODLIB for module directory +relocations required by build roots. This is not defined in the +makefile but the argument can be passed to make if needed. + +INSTALL_MOD_STRIP +----------------- +INSTALL_MOD_STRIP, if defined, 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, +INSTALL_MOD_STRIP value will be used as the options to the strip command. + +INSTALL_HDR_PATH +---------------- +INSTALL_HDR_PATH specifies where to install user space headers when +executing "make headers_*". + +The default value is:: + + $(objtree)/usr + +$(objtree) is the directory where output files are saved. +The output directory is often set using "O=..." on the commandline. + +The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored. + +KBUILD_ABS_SRCTREE +-------------------------------------------------- +Kbuild uses a relative path to point to the tree when possible. For instance, +when building in the source tree, the source tree path is '.' + +Setting this flag requests Kbuild to use absolute path to the source tree. +There are some useful cases to do so, like when generating tag files with +absolute path entries etc. + +KBUILD_SIGN_PIN +--------------- +This variable allows a passphrase or PIN to be passed to the sign-file +utility when signing kernel modules, if the private key requires such. + +KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN +------------------- +KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN can be set to avoid errors in case of undefined +symbols in the final module linking stage. It changes such errors +into warnings. + +KBUILD_MODPOST_NOFINAL +---------------------- +KBUILD_MODPOST_NOFINAL can be set to skip the final link of modules. +This is solely useful to speed up test compiles. + +KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS +-------------------- +For modules that use symbols from other modules. +See more details in modules.rst. + +ALLSOURCE_ARCHS +--------------- +For tags/TAGS/cscope targets, you can specify more than one arch +to be included in the databases, separated by blank space. E.g.:: + + $ make ALLSOURCE_ARCHS="x86 mips arm" tags + +To get all available archs you can also specify all. E.g.:: + + $ make ALLSOURCE_ARCHS=all tags + +KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP +---------------------- +Setting this to a date string overrides the timestamp used in the +UTS_VERSION definition (uname -v in the running kernel). The value has to +be a string that can be passed to date -d. The default value +is the output of the date command at one point during build. + +KBUILD_BUILD_USER, KBUILD_BUILD_HOST +------------------------------------ +These two variables allow to override the user@host string displayed during +boot and in /proc/version. The default value is the output of the commands +whoami and host, respectively. + +LLVM +---- +If this variable is set to 1, Kbuild will use Clang and LLVM utilities instead +of GCC and GNU binutils to build the kernel. |