Commit 5ef87263 authored by Masahiro Yamada's avatar Masahiro Yamada

kbuild: get rid of misleading $(AS) from documents

The assembler files in the kernel are *.S instead of *.s, so they must
be preprocessed. Since 'as' of GNU binutils is not able to preprocess,
we always use $(CC) as an assembler driver.

$(AS) is almost unused in Kbuild. As of v5.2, there is just one place
that directly invokes $(AS).

  $ git grep -e '$(AS)' -e '${AS}' -e '$AS' -e '$(AS:' -e '${AS:' -- :^Documentation
  drivers/net/wan/Makefile:  AS68K = $(AS)

The documentation about *_AFLAGS* sounds like the flags were passed
to $(AS). This is somewhat misleading.
Signed-off-by: default avatarMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarNathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
parent 8e2442a5
...@@ -38,12 +38,11 @@ Additional options to the assembler (for built-in and modules). ...@@ -38,12 +38,11 @@ Additional options to the assembler (for built-in and modules).
AFLAGS_MODULE AFLAGS_MODULE
------------- -------------
Additional module specific options to use for $(AS). Additional assembler options for modules.
AFLAGS_KERNEL AFLAGS_KERNEL
------------- -------------
Additional options for $(AS) when used for assembler Additional assembler options for built-in.
code for code that is compiled as built-in.
KCFLAGS KCFLAGS
------- -------
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...@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ more details, with real examples. ...@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ more details, with real examples.
variable $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) and uses it for compilation flags for the variable $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) and uses it for compilation flags for the
entire tree. entire tree.
asflags-y specifies options for assembling with $(AS). asflags-y specifies assembler options.
Example:: Example::
...@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ more details, with real examples. ...@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ more details, with real examples.
as-instr checks if the assembler reports a specific instruction as-instr checks if the assembler reports a specific instruction
and then outputs either option1 or option2 and then outputs either option1 or option2
C escapes are supported in the test instruction C escapes are supported in the test instruction
Note: as-instr-option uses KBUILD_AFLAGS for $(AS) options Note: as-instr-option uses KBUILD_AFLAGS for assembler options
cc-option cc-option
cc-option is used to check if $(CC) supports a given option, and if cc-option is used to check if $(CC) supports a given option, and if
...@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): ...@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
vmlinux. The usage of $(call if_changed,xxx) will be described later. vmlinux. The usage of $(call if_changed,xxx) will be described later.
KBUILD_AFLAGS KBUILD_AFLAGS
$(AS) assembler flags Assembler flags
Default value - see top level Makefile Default value - see top level Makefile
Append or modify as required per architecture. Append or modify as required per architecture.
...@@ -948,16 +948,16 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): ...@@ -948,16 +948,16 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
to 'y' when selected. to 'y' when selected.
KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL
$(AS) options specific for built-in Assembler options specific for built-in
$(KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL) contains extra C compiler flags used to compile $(KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL) contains extra C compiler flags used to compile
resident kernel code. resident kernel code.
KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE
Options for $(AS) when building modules Assembler options specific for modules
$(KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch-specific options that $(KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch-specific options that
are used for $(AS). are used for assembler.
From commandline AFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt). From commandline AFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
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