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kbuild: doc: Update default INSTALL_MOD_DIR from extra to updates

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The default INSTALL_MOD_DIR was changed from 'extra' to
'updates' in commit b74d7bb7ca ("kbuild: Modify default
INSTALL_MOD_DIR from extra to updates").

This commit updates the documentation to align with the
latest kernel.

Fixes: b74d7bb7ca ("kbuild: Modify default INSTALL_MOD_DIR from extra to updates")
Signed-off-by: Mark-PK Tsai <mark-pk.tsai@mediatek.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
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Mark-PK Tsai 2024-06-14 15:15:02 +08:00 committed by Masahiro Yamada
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@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ executed to make module versioning work.
modules_install
Install the external module(s). The default location is
/lib/modules/<kernel_release>/extra/, but a prefix may
/lib/modules/<kernel_release>/updates/, but a prefix may
be added with INSTALL_MOD_PATH (discussed in section 5).
clean
@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ directory:
And external modules are installed in:
/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/extra/
/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/updates/
5.1 INSTALL_MOD_PATH
--------------------
@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ And external modules are installed in:
-------------------
External modules are by default installed to a directory under
/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/extra/, but you may wish to
/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/updates/, but you may wish to
locate modules for a specific functionality in a separate
directory. For this purpose, use INSTALL_MOD_DIR to specify an
alternative name to "extra."::
alternative name to "updates."::
$ make INSTALL_MOD_DIR=gandalf -C $KDIR \
M=$PWD modules_install