On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Amogh Hooshdar wrote: > I found two types of Makefiles in some tutorials. > > One was like this:- > > obj-m := hello-1.o > > Other was like this:- > > obj-m += hello-1.o > > Both generated .ko files properly and I could insmod and rmmod the ko > successfully. Please explain what is the difference between := and += > ?
in this case, nothing. "=" is delayed evaluation (variables are not expanded), while ":=" is immediate evaluation (variables are expanded right now). but if what you're assigning is a simple string like that, it makes no difference. rday ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
