On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:41:36 +0900 Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masah...@socionext.com> wrote:
> > The scripts name also doesn't describe gcc plugins well. > > With my suggestion "scripts/gcc-plugins/", > the sub-directory name describes it very well. > > > > Plugins take part in the image building process > > in a different way than these tools and scripts do. > > Since there doesn't seen to be a good place for compiler plugins, maybe we > > should create a new toplevel directory > > called "build". Compiler plugins and other existing build tools could live > > there. What do you think? > > In my understanding, they are plug-in'ed into the cross-compiler that > compiles vmlinux. > > If so, GCC plugins should be happy in "scripts/" > because Kbuild descends into "scripts/" before building any objects for > vmlinux. Ok, I'll move them under scripts/ in the next patch set. -- Emese
