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    kbuild: remove --include-dir MAKEFLAG from top Makefile · 67d7c302
    Masahiro Yamada authored
    I added $(srctree)/ to some included Makefiles in the following commits:
    
     - 3204a7fb ("kbuild: prefix $(srctree)/ to some included Makefiles")
     - d8285639 ("kbuild: do not require sub-make for separate output tree builds")
    
    They were a preparation for removing --include-dir flag.
    
    I have never thought --include-dir useful. Rather, it _is_ harmful.
    
    For example, run the following commands:
    
      $ make -s ARCH=x86 mrproper defconfig
      $ make ARCH=arm O=foo dtbs
      make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/linux/foo'
        HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
      Error: kernelrelease not valid - run 'make prepare' to update it
        UPD     include/config/kernel.release
      make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/linux/foo'
    
    The first command configures the source tree for x86. The next command
    tries to build ARM device trees in the separate foo/ directory - this
    must stop because the directory foo/ has not been configured yet.
    
    However, due to --include-dir=$(abs_srctree), the top Makefile includes
    the wrong include/config/auto.conf from the source tree and continues
    building. Kbuild traverses the directory tree, but of course it does
    not work correctly. The Error message is also pointless - 'make prepare'
    does not help at all for fixing the issue.
    
    This commit fixes more arch Makefile, and finally removes --include-dir
    from the top Makefile.
    
    There are more breakages under drivers/, but I do not volunteer to fix
    them all. I just moved --include-dir to drivers/Makefile.
    
    With this commit, the second command will stop with a sensible message.
    
      $ make -s ARCH=x86 mrproper defconfig
      $ make ARCH=arm O=foo dtbs
      make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/linux/foo'
        SYNC    include/config/auto.conf.cmd
      ***
      *** The source tree is not clean, please run 'make ARCH=arm mrproper'
      *** in /tmp/linux
      ***
      make[2]: *** [../Makefile:646: outputmakefile] Error 1
      /tmp/linux/Makefile:770: include/config/auto.conf.cmd: No such file or directory
      make[1]: *** [/tmp/linux/Makefile:793: include/config/auto.conf.cmd] Error 2
      make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/linux/foo'
      make: *** [Makefile:226: __sub-make] Error 2
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMasahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
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