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 reStructuredText 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.
Masahiro Yamada
authored
Since commit 13b25489 ("kbuild: change working directory to external module directory with M="), the Debian package build fails if a relative path is specified with the O= option. $ make O=build bindeb-pkg [ snip ] dpkg-deb: building package 'linux-image-6.13.0-rc1' in '../linux-image-6.13.0-rc1_6.13.0-rc1-6_amd64.deb'. Rebuilding host programs with x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc... make[6]: Entering directory '/home/masahiro/linux/build' /home/masahiro/linux/Makefile:190: *** specified kernel directory "build" does not exist. Stop. This occurs because the sub_make_done flag is cleared, even though the working directory is already in the output directory. Passing KBUILD_OUTPUT=. resolves the issue. Fixes: 13b25489 ("kbuild: change working directory to external module directory with M=") Reported-by:Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z1DnP-GJcfseyrM3@ghost/ Tested-by:
Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>