083bc0e1ce
Since commit56d5893615("kbuild: do not create orphan built-in.a or obj-y objects"), scripts/link-vmlinux.sh does nothing when descending into init/. Once the version number becomes out of sync between .version and include/generated/compile.h, it is not self-healing. [How to reproduce] $ echo 100 > .version $ make You will see the number in the .version is always bigger than that in compile.h by one. After this, every time you run 'make', the vmlinux is re-linked even when none of source files is updated. Fixes:56d5893615("kbuild: do not create orphan built-in.a or obj-y objects") Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.