Merge to Fedora kernel-2.6.18-1.2224_FC5 patched with stable patch-2.6.18.1-vs2.0...

[linux-2.6.git] / Documentation / kbuild / makefiles.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index a9c00fa..0706699 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -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.
@@ -1123,6 +1137,14 @@ The top Makefile exports the following variables:
        $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE).  The user may
        override this value on the command line if desired.
 
+    INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
+
+       If this variable is specified, will cause modules to be stripped
+       after they are installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then the
+       default option --strip-debug will be used.  Otherwise,
+       INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will used as the option(s) to the strip command.
+
+
 === 8 Makefile language
 
 The kernel Makefiles are designed to run with GNU Make.  The Makefiles