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Imported from _research/manual-study-linux/file-notes/linux__Makefile.md.

File Notes: Makefile

Status: reviewed.

Purpose: top-level build orchestration.

Review target: build phases, generated files, architecture selection, modules, and Rust build-system lessons.

Evidence

  • The top-level Makefile orchestrates architecture selection, generated files, recursive builds, modules, and install/package targets.
  • Kernel build behavior depends on generated configuration outputs, per-arch rules, and per-directory object lists rather than one flat compiler command.

Design Notes

Rust workspace design should separate handwritten source, generated artifacts, configuration output, and module/plugin build products. AI tooling should treat generated files as derived state, not source of truth.