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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst | 16 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst index 9fb2de94c3e2..e9ffdffa3641 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst @@ -750,7 +750,8 @@ 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 $(clean-files). +Additional files or directories can be specified in kbuild makefiles by use of +$(clean-files). Example:: @@ -761,17 +762,8 @@ 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 $(no-clean-files) variable. +To exclude certain files or directories from make clean, use the +$(no-clean-files) variable. Usually kbuild descends down in subdirectories due to "obj-* := dir/", but in the architecture makefiles where the kbuild infrastructure |