Merge branch 'for-4.8/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

[karo-tx-linux.git] / Documentation / kbuild / makefiles.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 13f888a02a3de5cb7ecfdb2ed03eb1d721601de9..385a5ef41c17b9d0023e39d5f0683b6b76199373 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles.
                --- 7.2 genhdr-y
                --- 7.3 destination-y
                --- 7.4 generic-y
+               --- 7.5 generated-y
 
        === 8 Kbuild Variables
        === 9 Makefile language
@@ -1319,6 +1320,19 @@ See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file.
                Example: termios.h
                        #include <asm-generic/termios.h>
 
+       --- 7.5 generated-y
+
+       If an architecture generates other header files alongside generic-y
+       wrappers, and not included in genhdr-y, then generated-y specifies
+       them.
+
+       This prevents them being treated as stale asm-generic wrappers and
+       removed.
+
+               Example:
+                       #arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
+                       generated-y += syscalls_32.h
+
 === 8 Kbuild Variables
 
 The top Makefile exports the following variables: