--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# Generates a small Makefile used in the root of the output
+# directory, to allow make to be started from there.
+# The Makefile also allow for more convinient build of external modules
+
+# Usage
+# $1 - Kernel src directory
+# $2 - Output directory
+# $3 - version
+# $4 - patchlevel
+
+
+test ! -r $2/Makefile -o -O $2/Makefile || exit 0
+# Only overwrite automatically generated Makefiles
+# (so we do not overwrite kernel Makefile)
+if test -e $2/Makefile && ! grep -q Automatically $2/Makefile
+then
+ exit 0
+fi
+echo " GEN $2/Makefile"
+
+cat << EOF > $2/Makefile
+# Automatically generated by $0: don't edit
+
+VERSION = $3
+PATCHLEVEL = $4
+
+lastword = \$(word \$(words \$(1)),\$(1))
+makedir := \$(dir \$(call lastword,\$(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
+
+MAKEARGS := -C $1
+MAKEARGS += O=\$(if \$(patsubst /%,,\$(makedir)),\$(CURDIR)/)\$(patsubst %/,%,\$(makedir))
+
+MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
+
+.PHONY: all \$(MAKECMDGOALS)
+
+all := \$(filter-out all Makefile,\$(MAKECMDGOALS))
+
+all:
+ \$(MAKE) \$(MAKEARGS) \$(all)
+
+Makefile:;
+
+\$(all) %/: all
+ @:
+
+EOF
