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Reputation:

SUBDIRS variable in kernel module makefile

Consider the following makefile:

CUR = $(shell uname -r) 
DIR = /lib/modules/$(CUR)/build 
PWD = $(shell pwd) 
obj-m   := m1.o m2.o 
default: 
        $(MAKE) -C $(DIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules 
clean: 
        @rm -f *.o .*.cmd .*.flags *.mod.c *.order 
        @rm -f .*.*.cmd *~ *.*~ TODO.* 
        @rm -fR .tmp* 
        @rm -rf .tmp_versions 
disclean: clean 
        @rm *.ko *.symvers

What does SUBDIRS variable mean in the kernel module makefile?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 4829

Answers (1)

tristan
tristan

Reputation: 4322

the kernel document says in Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt,

link: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt?id=refs/tags/v2.6.34.14

Same as M=. The SUBDIRS= syntax is kept for backwards compatibility.

and from Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt

link: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt?id=refs/tags/v2.6.34.14

KBUILD_EXTMOD
--------------------------------------------------
Set the directory to look for the kernel source when building external
modules.
The directory can be specified in several ways:
1) Use "M=..." on the command line
2) Environmnet variable KBUILD_EXTMOD
3) Environmnet variable SUBDIRS
The possibilities are listed in the order they take precedence.
Using "M=..." will always override the others.

Upvotes: 3

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