> Compiling the Linux kernel with git make HEAD: > > *** Recursive variable 'KERNELRELEASE' references itself (eventually). Stop.
Huh, I saw that too when compiling kernel modules under the control of the same proprietary make files as provoked my original report. I was really not looking forward to investigating whether that was my doing or the kernel's, so thank you, and Sam James's persuasive follow-up, for saving me the trouble.
