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...lved by compiler instead of the in-kernel workaround. Since commit 77b0bf55bc675233d22cd5df97605d516d64525e, DISTCC breakage was reported. Then, another problem showed up. Debian linux-headers package is broken due to missing arch/x86/kernel/macros.s https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-kbuild/msg20037.html The kernel-devel RPM package is broken as well. More fundamentally, the external module building itself is broken; 'make clean' must keep all files needed for external modules, but *.s files are all gone. Of course, we can fix the problems at the cost of uglifying Makefiles. I wrot...

...lved by compiler instead of the in-kernel workaround. Since commit 77b0bf55bc675233d22cd5df97605d516d64525e, DISTCC breakage was reported. Then, another problem showed up. Debian linux-headers package is broken due to missing arch/x86/kernel/macros.s https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-kbuild/msg20037.html The kernel-devel RPM package is broken as well. More fundamentally, the external module building itself is broken; 'make clean' must keep all files needed for external modules, but *.s files are all gone. Of course, we can fix the problems at the cost of uglifying Makefiles. I wrot...

...7 . I was scared by this ugly fix-up, so I rejected it. > So I cannot understand why > it is mentioned as a motivation. > > It sounds that the external modules can easily be resolved. Can you please > provide a link for the bug report? https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-kbuild/msg20037.html We can fix it under circumstances "we can do anything" although I am scared by endless Makefile hacks. > Please regard my comments regarding v1. I will try my best, although I felt some of your requests were too much. I am not an x86 developer. I posted this so people can p...