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| From | Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: special handle of scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o |
| Date | 2017-08-19 17:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ugdxU-2S1-21@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <ueHJL-f7-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <ugbmp-1m2-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <ugdod-2zE-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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> > The difference between with/without _shipped is,
> > zconf.{tab,hash,lex}.c_shipped reside under $(srctree),
> > whereas zconf.{tab,hash,lex}.c under $(objtree).
>
> The whole idea behind the *_shipped file was to have less dependencies
> on the host system buildign the kernel.
> So we did not rely on users having all of flex, bison, gperf
> installed in the right versions.
Another reason to use the _shipped files was to make
the "make *config" step faster for a clean kernel.
It is much faster to copy a file than to runn the tools.
The build machines has become significant faster since
then so maybe this is less than an issue today.
Sam
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special handle of scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o Cao jin <caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> - 2017-08-15 13:00 +0200
Re: special handle of scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> - 2017-08-19 14:50 +0200
Re: special handle of scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> - 2017-08-19 17:00 +0200
Re: special handle of scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> - 2017-08-19 17:10 +0200
Re: special handle of scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o Cao jin <caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> - 2017-08-21 05:40 +0200
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