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+# Backward compatibility - to be removed...
+extra-y += $(EXTRA_TARGETS)
+# Figure out what we need to build from the various variables
+# ===========================================================================
+
+# When an object is listed to be built compiled-in and modular,
+# only build the compiled-in version
+
+obj-m := $(filter-out $(obj-y),$(obj-m))
+
+# Libraries are always collected in one lib file.
+# Filter out objects already built-in
+
+lib-y := $(filter-out $(obj-y), $(sort $(lib-y) $(lib-m)))
+
+
+# Handle objects in subdirs
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# o if we encounter foo/ in $(obj-y), replace it by foo/built-in.o
+# and add the directory to the list of dirs to descend into: $(subdir-y)
+# o if we encounter foo/ in $(obj-m), remove it from $(obj-m)
+# and add the directory to the list of dirs to descend into: $(subdir-m)
+
+__subdir-y := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-y)))
+subdir-y += $(__subdir-y)
+__subdir-m := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-m)))
+subdir-m += $(__subdir-m)
+obj-y := $(patsubst %/, %/built-in.o, $(obj-y))
+obj-m := $(filter-out %/, $(obj-m))
+
+# Subdirectories we need to descend into
+
+subdir-ym := $(sort $(subdir-y) $(subdir-m))
+
+# if $(foo-objs) exists, foo.o is a composite object
+multi-used-y := $(sort $(foreach m,$(obj-y), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y))), $(m))))
+multi-used-m := $(sort $(foreach m,$(obj-m), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y))), $(m))))
+multi-used := $(multi-used-y) $(multi-used-m)
+single-used-m := $(sort $(filter-out $(multi-used-m),$(obj-m)))
+
+# Build list of the parts of our composite objects, our composite
+# objects depend on those (obviously)
+multi-objs-y := $(foreach m, $(multi-used-y), $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)))
+multi-objs-m := $(foreach m, $(multi-used-m), $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)))
+multi-objs := $(multi-objs-y) $(multi-objs-m)
+
+# $(subdir-obj-y) is the list of objects in $(obj-y) which do not live
+# in the local directory
+subdir-obj-y := $(foreach o,$(obj-y),$(if $(filter-out $(o),$(notdir $(o))),$(o)))
+
+# $(obj-dirs) is a list of directories that contain object files
+obj-dirs := $(dir $(multi-objs) $(subdir-obj-y))
+
+# Replace multi-part objects by their individual parts, look at local dir only
+real-objs-y := $(foreach m, $(filter-out $(subdir-obj-y), $(obj-y)), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y))),$($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)),$(m))) $(extra-y)
+real-objs-m := $(foreach m, $(obj-m), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y))),$($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)),$(m)))
+
+# Add subdir path
+
+extra-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(extra-y))
+always := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(always))
+targets := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(targets))
+obj-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-y))
+obj-m := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-m))
+lib-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(lib-y))
+subdir-obj-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-obj-y))
+real-objs-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(real-objs-y))
+real-objs-m := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(real-objs-m))
+single-used-m := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(single-used-m))
+multi-used-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(multi-used-y))
+multi-used-m := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(multi-used-m))
+multi-objs-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(multi-objs-y))
+multi-objs-m := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(multi-objs-m))
+subdir-ym := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-ym))
+obj-dirs := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-dirs))
+
+# These flags are needed for modversions and compiling, so we define them here
+# already
+# $(modname_flags) #defines KBUILD_MODNAME as the name of the module it will
+# end up in (or would, if it gets compiled in)
+# Note: It's possible that one object gets potentially linked into more
+# than one module. In that case KBUILD_MODNAME will be set to foo_bar,
+# where foo and bar are the name of the modules.
+name-fix = $(subst $(comma),_,$(subst -,_,$1))
+basename_flags = -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR($(call name-fix,$(*F)))"
+modname_flags = $(if $(filter 1,$(words $(modname))),\
+ -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR($(call name-fix,$(modname)))")
+
+_c_flags = $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_$(*F).o)
+_a_flags = $(AFLAGS) $(EXTRA_AFLAGS) $(AFLAGS_$(*F).o)
+_cpp_flags = $(CPPFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS_$(@F))
+
+# If building the kernel in a separate objtree expand all occurrences
+# of -Idir to -I$(srctree)/dir except for absolute paths (starting with '/').
+
+ifeq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
+__c_flags = $(_c_flags)
+__a_flags = $(_a_flags)
+__cpp_flags = $(_cpp_flags)
+else
+
+# -I$(obj) locates generated .h files
+# $(call addtree,-I$(obj)) locates .h files in srctree, from generated .c files
+# and locates generated .h files
+# FIXME: Replace both with specific CFLAGS* statements in the makefiles
+__c_flags = $(call addtree,-I$(obj)) $(call flags,_c_flags)
+__a_flags = $(call flags,_a_flags)
+__cpp_flags = $(call flags,_cpp_flags)
+endif
+
+c_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) \
+ $(__c_flags) $(modkern_cflags) \
+ -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=\#s" $(basename_flags) $(modname_flags)
+
+a_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) \
+ $(__a_flags) $(modkern_aflags)
+
+cpp_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(__cpp_flags)
+
+ld_flags = $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
+
+# Finds the multi-part object the current object will be linked into
+modname-multi = $(sort $(foreach m,$(multi-used),\
+ $(if $(filter $(subst $(obj)/,,$*.o), $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y))),$(m:.o=))))
+
+# Shipped files
+# ===========================================================================
+
+quiet_cmd_shipped = SHIPPED $@
+cmd_shipped = cat $< > $@
+
+$(obj)/%:: $(src)/%_shipped
+ $(call cmd,shipped)
+
+# Commands useful for building a boot image
+# ===========================================================================
+#
+# Use as following:
+#
+# target: source(s) FORCE
+# $(if_changed,ld/objcopy/gzip)
+#
+# and add target to EXTRA_TARGETS so that we know we have to
+# read in the saved command line
+
+# Linking
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+quiet_cmd_ld = LD $@
+cmd_ld = $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) \
+ $(filter-out FORCE,$^) -o $@
+
+# Objcopy
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+quiet_cmd_objcopy = OBJCOPY $@
+cmd_objcopy = $(OBJCOPY) $(OBJCOPYFLAGS) $(OBJCOPYFLAGS_$(@F)) $< $@
+
+# Gzip
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+quiet_cmd_gzip = GZIP $@
+cmd_gzip = gzip -f -9 < $< > $@
+
+
