[PATCH] kbuild: build a single module using 'make dir/module.ko'
Using the syntax:
make dir/module.ko
kbuild now allows one to build a module including the final link stage.
This is usefull when one only wants to compile a single module and thus do
not have to wait until a full kernel has finished compiling. Tested by:
randy_dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2717223..9cf07e7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -792,6 +792,9 @@
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(@D) $@
%.o: %.c scripts FORCE
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(@D) $@
+%.ko: scripts FORCE
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=$(if $(CONFIG_MODULES),1) $(build)=$(@D) $(@:.ko=.o)
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) -rR -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
%/: scripts prepare FORCE
$(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=$(if $(CONFIG_MODULES),1) $(build)=$(@D)
%.lst: %.c scripts FORCE
@@ -1033,6 +1036,7 @@
@echo ' modules_install - Install all modules'
@echo ' dir/ - Build all files in dir and below'
@echo ' dir/file.[ois] - Build specified target only'
+ @echo ' dir/file.ko - Build module including final link'
@echo ' rpm - Build a kernel as an RPM package'
@echo ' tags/TAGS - Generate tags file for editors'
@echo ' cscope - Generate cscope index'