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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt | 9 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt index 003fccc14d241b..125093c3ef7622 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Introduction ------------ -The configuration database is collection of configuration options +The configuration database is a collection of configuration options organized in a tree structure: +- Code maturity level options @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax). the indentation level, this means it ends at the first line which has a smaller indentation than the first line of the help text. "---help---" and "help" do not differ in behaviour, "---help---" is - used to help visually seperate configuration logic from help within + used to help visually separate configuration logic from help within the file as an aid to developers. @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ menuconfig: "menuconfig" <symbol> <config options> -This is similiar to the simple config entry above, but it also gives a +This is similar to the simple config entry above, but it also gives a hint to front ends, that all suboptions should be displayed as a separate list of options. diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index e2cbd59cf2d0bd..50f4eddf899cac 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ more details, with real examples. The kernel may be built with several different versions of $(CC), each supporting a unique set of features and options. kbuild provide basic support to check for valid options for $(CC). - $(CC) is useally the gcc compiler, but other alternatives are + $(CC) is usually the gcc compiler, but other alternatives are available. as-option diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt index 2e7702e94a786c..769ee05ee4d1f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ are not planned to be included in the kernel tree. What is covered within this file is mainly information to authors of modules. The author of an external module should supply a makefile that hides most of the complexity, so one only has to type -'make' to build the module. A complete example will be present in +'make' to build the module. A complete example will be presented in chapter 4, "Creating a kbuild file for an external module". @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ when building an external module. make -C <path-to-kernel> M=`pwd` For the running kernel use: + make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` For the above command to succeed, the kernel must have been @@ -130,10 +131,10 @@ when building an external module. To make sure the kernel contains the information required to build external modules the target 'modules_prepare' must be used. - 'module_prepare' exists solely as a simple way to prepare + 'modules_prepare' exists solely as a simple way to prepare a kernel source tree for building external modules. Note: modules_prepare will not build Module.symvers even if - CONFIG_MODULEVERSIONING is set. Therefore a full kernel build + CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is set. Therefore a full kernel build needs to be executed to make module versioning work. --- 2.5 Building separate files for a module @@ -450,7 +451,7 @@ kernel refuses to load the module. Module.symvers contains a list of all exported symbols from a kernel build. ---- 7.1 Symbols fron the kernel (vmlinux + modules) +--- 7.1 Symbols from the kernel (vmlinux + modules) During a kernel build, a file named Module.symvers will be generated. Module.symvers contains all exported symbols from the kernel and |