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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst index 9274cdcc9bd2..093f2d79ab95 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst @@ -999,11 +999,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): ------------------------------------ The archheaders: rule is used to generate header files that - may be installed into user space by "make header_install" or - "make headers_install_all". In order to support - "make headers_install_all", this target has to be able to run - on an unconfigured tree, or a tree configured for another - architecture. + may be installed into user space by "make header_install". It is run before "make archprepare" when run on the architecture itself. @@ -1140,6 +1136,22 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): In this example, extra-y is used to list object files that shall be built, but shall not be linked as part of built-in.a. + header-test-y + + header-test-y specifies headers (*.h) in the current directory that + should be compile tested to ensure they are self-contained, + i.e. compilable as standalone units. If CONFIG_HEADER_TEST is enabled, + this builds them as part of extra-y. + + header-test-pattern-y + + This works as a weaker version of header-test-y, and accepts wildcard + patterns. The typical usage is: + + header-test-pattern-y += *.h + + This specifies all the files that matches to '*.h' in the current + directory, but the files in 'header-test-' are excluded. 6.7 Commands useful for building a boot image --------------------------------------------- |