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@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ Preparation before the kernel compilation
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There are many things to prepare before the kernel compilation can be started. The main point here is to find and configure
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-The type of compilation, to parse command line arguments that are passed to `make`, etc... So let's dive into the top `Makefile` of the Linux kernel.
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+the type of compilation, to parse command line arguments that are passed to `make`, etc... So let's dive into the top `Makefile` of Linux kernel.
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-The Linux kernel top `Makefile` is responsible for building two major products: [vmlinux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmlinux) (the resident kernel image) and the modules (any module files). The [Makefile](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Makefile) of the Linux kernel starts with the definition of the following variables:
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+The top `Makefile` of Linux kernel is responsible for building two major products: [vmlinux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmlinux) (the resident kernel image) and the modules (any module files). The [Makefile](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Makefile) of the Linux kernel starts with the definition of following variables:
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```Makefile
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VERSION = 4
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@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ EXTRAVERSION = -rc3
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NAME = Hurr durr I'ma sheep
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```
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-These variables determine the current version of the Linux kernel and are used in the different places, for example in the forming of the `KERNELVERSION` variable:
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+These variables determine the current version of Linux kernel and are used in different places, for example in the forming of the `KERNELVERSION` variable in the same `Makefile`:
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```Makefile
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KERNELVERSION = $(VERSION)$(if $(PATCHLEVEL),.$(PATCHLEVEL)$(if $(SUBLEVEL),.$(SUBLEVEL)))$(EXTRAVERSION)
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```
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-After this we can see a couple of `ifeq` conditionals that check some of the parameters passed to `make`. The Linux kernel `makefiles` provides a special `make help` target that prints all available targets and some of the command line arguments that can be passed to `make`. For example: `make V=1` - provides verbose builds. The first `ifeq` checks if the `V=n` option is passed to make:
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+After this we can see a couple of `ifeq` conditions that check some of the parameters passed to `make`. The Linux kernel `makefiles` provides a special `make help` target that prints all available targets and some of the command line arguments that can be passed to `make`. For example : `make V=1` => verbose build. The first `ifeq` checks whether the `V=n` option is passed to `make`:
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```Makefile
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ifeq ("$(origin V)", "command line")
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