Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] kbuild: move vmlinux.a build rule to scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_a

From: Nicolas Schier

Date: Wed Mar 25 2026 - 08:57:41 EST


On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:29:29 +0000, xur@xxxxxxxxxx <xur@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Rong,

> Move the build rule for vmlinux.a to a separate file in preparation
> for supporting distributed builds with Clang ThinLTO.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Rong Xu <xur@xxxxxxxxxx>

As Masahiro's original patch is now being modified: I'd like to add
something like

[rong xu: change '--thin' back to 'T' in Makefile.vmlinux_a]

here before your 'Signed-off-by'. Are you ok with that?

Kind regards,
Nicolas

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Nicolas