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Kirill Smelkov
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Sep 21, 2006
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Robert P. J. Day
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Sam Ravnborg
Sep 25, 2006
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kbuild: fixup Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ In this document you will find information about:
--- 6.1 INSTALL_MOD_PATH
--- 6.2 INSTALL_MOD_DIR
=== 7. Module versioning & Module.symvers
--- 7.1 Symbols fro
n
the kernel (vmlinux + modules)
--- 7.1 Symbols fro
m
the kernel (vmlinux + modules)
--- 7.2 Symbols and external modules
--- 7.3 Symbols from another external module
=== 8. Tips & Tricks
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@@ -63,14 +63,15 @@ when building an external module.
For the running kernel use:
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`
For the above command to succeed
the kernel must have been built with
modules enabled.
For the above command to succeed
, the kernel must have been
built with
modules enabled.
To install the modules that were just built:
make -C <path-to-kernel> M=`pwd` modules_install
More complex examples later, the above should get you going.
More complex examples will be shown later, the above should
be enough to get you started.
--- 2.2 Available targets
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@@ -89,13 +90,13 @@ when building an external module.
Same functionality as if no target was specified.
See description above.
make -C $KDIR M=
$PWD
modules_install
make -C $KDIR M=
`pwd`
modules_install
Install the external module(s).
Installation default is in /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/extra,
but may be prefixed with INSTALL_MOD_PATH - see separate
chapter.
make -C $KDIR M=
$PWD
clean
make -C $KDIR M=
`pwd`
clean
Remove all generated files for the module - the kernel
source directory is not modified.
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@@ -129,23 +130,22 @@ when building an external module.
To make sure the kernel contains the information required to
build external modules the target 'modules_prepare' must be used.
'module_prepare'
solely exists
as a simple way to prepare
a kernel for building external modules.
'module_prepare'
exists solely
as a simple way to prepare
a kernel
source tree
for building external modules.
Note: modules_prepare will not build Module.symvers even if
CONFIG_MODULEVERSIONING is set.
Therefore a full kernel build needs to be executed to make
module versioning work.
CONFIG_MODULEVERSIONING is set. Therefore a full kernel build
needs to be executed to make module versioning work.
--- 2.5 Building separate files for a module
It is possible to build single files which are part of a module.
This works equal
for the kernel, a module and even for external
modules.
This works equal
ly well for the kernel, a module and even for
external
modules.
Examples (module foo.ko, consist of bar.o, baz.o):
make -C $KDIR M=`pwd` bar.lst
make -C $KDIR M=`pwd` bar.o
make -C $KDIR M=`pwd` foo.ko
make -C $KDIR M=`pwd` /
=== 3. Example commands
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@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Then, to install the module use the following command:
M=`pwd` \
modules_install
If
one looks closely you will see that this is the same commands
as
If
you look closely you will see that this is the same command
as
listed before - with the directories spelled out.
The above are rather long commands, and the following chapter
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Include files are a necessity when a .c file uses something from other .c
files (not strictly in the sense of C, but if good programming practice is
used). Any module that consists of more than one .c file will have a .h file
for one of the .c files.
for one of the .c files.
- If the .h file only describes a module internal interface, then the .h file
shall be placed in the same directory as the .c files.
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@@ -368,13 +368,13 @@ directory and therefore need to deal with this in their kbuild file.
handle this too.
Consider the following example:
|
+- src/complex_main.c
| +- hal/hardwareif.c
| +- hal/include/hardwareif.h
+- include/complex.h
To build a single module named complex.ko, we then need the following
kbuild file:
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@@ -462,12 +462,12 @@ Module.symvers contains a list of all exported symbols from a kernel build.
Sample:
0x2d036834 scsi_remove_host drivers/scsi/scsi_mod
For a kernel build without CONFIG_MODVERSION
ING
enabled, the crc
For a kernel build without CONFIG_MODVERSION
S
enabled, the crc
would read: 0x00000000
Module.symvers serves two purposes:
1) It lists all exported symbols both from vmlinux and all modules
2) It lists the CRC if CONFIG_MODVERSION is enabled
2) It lists the CRC if CONFIG_MODVERSION
S
is enabled
--- 7.2 Symbols and external modules
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@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ Module.symvers contains a list of all exported symbols from a kernel build.
the external module is being built, this file will be read too.
During the MODPOST step, a new Module.symvers file will be written
containing all exported symbols that were not defined in the kernel.
--- 7.3 Symbols from another external module
Sometimes, an external module uses exported symbols from another
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./foo/ <= contains the foo module
./bar/ <= contains the bar module
The top-level Kbuild file would then look like:
#./Kbuild: (this file may also be named Makefile)
obj-y := foo/ bar/
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build is finished, a new Module.symvers file is created
containing the sum of all symbols defined and not part of the
kernel.
=== 8. Tips & Tricks
--- 8.1 Testing for CONFIG_FOO_BAR
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