scripts/mkcompile_h uses $(CC) only for getting the version string. I suspected there was a specific reason why the additional flags were needed, and dug the commit history. This code dates back to at least 2002 [1], but I could not get any more clue. Just get rid of it. [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=29f3df7eba8ddf91a55183f9967f76fbcc3ab742 Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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