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[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d67eb16f5d444fb6d173bcec889ddb2066c0fa0c
+refs/heads/master: 357d596bd552ad157a906289ab13ea6ba7e66e3d

trunk/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles.
 
 	=== 6 Architecture Makefiles
 	   --- 6.1 Set variables to tweak the build to the architecture
-	   --- 6.2 Add prerequisites to prepare:
+	   --- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archprepare:
 	   --- 6.3 List directories to visit when descending
 	   --- 6.4 Architecture specific boot images
 	   --- 6.5 Building non-kbuild targets
@@ -734,18 +734,18 @@ When kbuild executes the following steps are followed (roughly):
 	for loadable kernel modules.
 
 
---- 6.2 Add prerequisites to prepare:
+--- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archprepare:
 
-	The prepare: rule is used to list prerequisites that needs to be
+	The archprepare: rule is used to list prerequisites that needs to be
 	built before starting to descend down in the subdirectories.
 	This is usual header files containing assembler constants.
 
 		Example:
-		#arch/s390/Makefile
-		prepare: include/asm-$(ARCH)/offsets.h
+		#arch/arm/Makefile
+		archprepare: maketools
 
-	In this example the file include/asm-$(ARCH)/offsets.h will
-	be built before descending down in the subdirectories.
+	In this example the file target maketools will be processed
+	before descending down in the subdirectories.
 	See also chapter XXX-TODO that describe how kbuild supports
 	generating offset header files.
 

trunk/Makefile

@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ include .config
 # If .config is newer than include/linux/autoconf.h, someone tinkered
 # with it and forgot to run make oldconfig
 include/linux/autoconf.h: .config
+	$(Q)mkdir -p include/linux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile silentoldconfig
 else
 # Dummy target needed, because used as prerequisite
@@ -776,15 +777,20 @@ $(sort $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main)) $(vmlinux-lds): $(vmlinux-dirs) ;
 # Error messages still appears in the original language
 
 .PHONY: $(vmlinux-dirs)
-$(vmlinux-dirs): prepare-all scripts
+$(vmlinux-dirs): prepare scripts
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$@
 
 # Things we need to do before we recursively start building the kernel
-# or the modules are listed in "prepare-all".
-# A multi level approach is used. prepare1 is updated first, then prepare0.
-# prepare-all is the collection point for the prepare targets.
+# or the modules are listed in "prepare".
+# A multi level approach is used. prepareN is processed before prepareN-1.
+# archprepare is used in arch Makefiles and when processed asm symlink,
+# version.h and scripts_basic is processed / created.
+
+# Listed in dependency order
+.PHONY: prepare archprepare prepare0 prepare1 prepare2 prepare3
 
-.PHONY: prepare-all prepare prepare0 prepare1 prepare2 prepare3
+# prepare-all is deprecated, use prepare as valid replacement
+.PHONY: prepare-all
 
 # prepare3 is used to check if we are building in a separate output directory,
 # and if so do:
@@ -813,11 +819,13 @@ ifneq ($(KBUILD_MODULES),)
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(MODVERDIR)
 endif
 
-prepare0: prepare prepare1 FORCE
+archprepare: prepare1 scripts_basic
+
+prepare0: archprepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=.
 
 # All the preparing..
-prepare-all: prepare0
+prepare prepare-all: prepare0
 
 #	Leave this as default for preprocessing vmlinux.lds.S, which is now
 #	done in arch/$(ARCH)/kernel/Makefile
@@ -908,7 +916,7 @@ modules: $(vmlinux-dirs) $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux)
 
 # Target to prepare building external modules
 .PHONY: modules_prepare
-modules_prepare: prepare-all scripts
+modules_prepare: prepare scripts
 
 # Target to install modules
 .PHONY: modules_install

trunk/arch/arm/Makefile

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ else
 endif
 	@touch $@
 
-prepare: maketools include/asm-arm/.arch
+archprepare: maketools include/asm-arm/.arch
 
 .PHONY: maketools FORCE
 maketools: include/linux/version.h FORCE

trunk/arch/cris/Makefile

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ archclean:
 	rm -f timage vmlinux.bin decompress.bin rescue.bin cramfs.img
 	rm -rf $(LD_SCRIPT).tmp
 
-prepare: $(SRC_ARCH)/.links $(srctree)/include/asm-$(ARCH)/.arch
+archprepare: $(SRC_ARCH)/.links $(srctree)/include/asm-$(ARCH)/.arch
 
 # Create some links to make all tools happy
 $(SRC_ARCH)/.links:

trunk/arch/ia64/Makefile

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ unwcheck: vmlinux
 archclean:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(boot)
 
-prepare:  include/asm-ia64/.offsets.h.stamp
+archprepare:  include/asm-ia64/.offsets.h.stamp
 
 include/asm-ia64/.offsets.h.stamp:
 	mkdir -p include/asm-ia64

trunk/arch/ppc/Makefile

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ archclean:
 	# Temporary hack until we have migrated to asm-powerpc
 	$(Q)rm -rf arch/$(ARCH)/include
 
-prepare: checkbin
+archprepare: checkbin
 
 # Temporary hack until we have migrated to asm-powerpc
 include/asm: arch/$(ARCH)/include/asm

trunk/arch/sh/Makefile

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ endif
 	@touch $@
 
 
-prepare: maketools include/asm-sh/.cpu include/asm-sh/.mach
+archprepare: maketools include/asm-sh/.cpu include/asm-sh/.mach
 
 .PHONY: maketools FORCE
 maketools:  include/linux/version.h FORCE

trunk/arch/sh64/Makefile

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ compressed: zImage
 archclean:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(boot)
 
-prepare: arch/$(ARCH)/lib/syscalltab.h
+archprepare: arch/$(ARCH)/lib/syscalltab.h
 
 define filechk_gen-syscalltab
        (set -e; \

trunk/arch/um/Makefile

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ else
 $(shell cd $(ARCH_DIR) && ln -sf Kconfig.$(SUBARCH) Kconfig.arch)
 endif
 
-prepare: $(ARCH_SYMLINKS) $(SYS_HEADERS) $(GEN_HEADERS)
+archprepare: $(ARCH_SYMLINKS) $(SYS_HEADERS) $(GEN_HEADERS)
 
 LINK-$(CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_STATIC) += -static
 LINK-$(CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_DYN) += -Wl,-rpath,/lib

trunk/arch/xtensa/Makefile

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ boot		:= arch/xtensa/boot
 
 archinc		:= include/asm-xtensa
 
-prepare: $(archinc)/.platform
+archprepare: $(archinc)/.platform
 
 # Update machine cpu and platform symlinks if something which affects
 # them changed.