kbuild: add a flag to force absolute path for srctree
In old days, Kbuild always used an absolute path for $(srctree). Since commit890676c65d
("kbuild: Use relative path when building in the source tree"), $(srctree) is '.' when O= was not passed from the command line. Yet, using absolute paths is useful in some cases even without O=, for instance, to create a cscope file with absolute path tags. 'O=.' was known to work as a workaround to force Kbuild to use absolute paths even when you are building in the source tree. Since commit25b146c5b8
("kbuild: allow Kbuild to start from any directory"), Kbuild is too clever to be tricked. Even if you pass 'O=.' Kbuild notices you are building in the source tree, then use '.' for $(srctree). So, 'make O=. cscope' is no help to create absolute path tags. We cannot force one or the other according to commite93bc1a0ca
("Revert "kbuild: specify absolute paths for cscope""). Both of relative path and absolute path have pros and cons. This commit adds a new flag KBUILD_ABS_SRCTREE to allow users to choose the absolute path for $(srctree). 'make KBUILD_ABS_SRCTREE=1 cscope' will work as a replacement of 'make O=. cscope'. Reported-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
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@@ -183,6 +183,15 @@ The output directory is often set using "O=..." on the commandline.
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The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored.
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KBUILD_ABS_SRCTREE
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Kbuild uses a relative path to point to the tree when possible. For instance,
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when building in the source tree, the source tree path is '.'
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Setting this flag requests Kbuild to use absolute path to the source tree.
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There are some useful cases to do so, like when generating tag files with
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absolute path entries etc.
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KBUILD_SIGN_PIN
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This variable allows a passphrase or PIN to be passed to the sign-file
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