tools: Connect to the kernel build system

Now you can do

$ make tools/<toolname>

from the toplevel kernel directory and have the respective tool built.

If you want to build and install it, do

$ make tools/<toolname>_install

$ make tools/<toolname>_clean

should clean the respective tool directories.

If you want to clean all in tools, simply do

$ make tools/clean

Also, if you want to get what the possible targets are, simply calling

$ make tools/

should give you the short help.

$ make tools/install

installs all tools, of course. Doh.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: Michal Marek <[email protected]>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>

Author: Borislav Petkov

Makefile

@@ -1468,6 +1468,13 @@ kernelrelease:
 kernelversion:
 	@echo $(KERNELVERSION)
 
+# Clear a bunch of variables before executing the submake
+tools/: FORCE
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) LDFLAGS= MAKEFLAGS= -C $(src)/tools/
+
+tools/%: FORCE
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) LDFLAGS= MAKEFLAGS= -C $(src)/tools/ $*
+
 # Single targets
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Single targets are compatible with:

tools/Makefile

@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ help:
 	@echo '  vm         - misc vm tools'
 	@echo '  x86_energy_perf_policy - Intel energy policy tool'
 	@echo ''
+	@echo 'You can do:'
+	@echo ' $$ make -C tools/<tool>_install'
+	@echo ''
+	@echo '  from the kernel command line to build and install one of'
+	@echo '  the tools above'
+	@echo ''
+	@echo '  $$ make tools/install'
+	@echo ''
+	@echo '  installs all tools.'
+	@echo ''
 	@echo 'Cleaning targets:'
 	@echo ''
 	@echo '  all of the above with the "_clean" string appended cleans'