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authorStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2006-09-17 18:17:19 +0200
committerStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2006-09-17 18:19:31 +0200
commit9b4f2e9576658c4e52d95dc8d309f51b2e2db096 (patch)
tree7b1902b0f931783fccc6fee45c6f9c16b4fde5ce /Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
parent3c6c65f5ed5a6d307bd607aecd06d658c0934d88 (diff)
parent803db244b9f71102e366fd689000c1417b9a7508 (diff)
ieee1394: merge from Linus
Conflicts: drivers/ieee1394/hosts.c Patch "lockdep: annotate ieee1394 skb-queue-head locking" was meddling with patch "ieee1394: fix kerneldoc of hpsb_alloc_host". Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
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@@ -407,6 +407,20 @@ more details, with real examples.
The second argument is optional, and if supplied will be used
if first argument is not supported.
+ ld-option
+ ld-option 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/i386/kernel/Makefile
+ vsyscall-flags += $(call ld-option, -Wl$(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.
+
cc-option
cc-option is used to check if $(CC) support a given option, and not
supported to use an optional second option.