introduce the concept of LDLIBS for additional libraries so that when we do the final link, the objects/libraries are in the correct order
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6a50a28..4f45ae8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@
CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS)
CPPFLAGS := $(CPPFLAGS)
AFLAGS := $(AFLAGS)
+LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS)
+LDLIBS :=
# Read KERNELRELEASE from .kernelrelease (if it exists)
KERNELRELEASE = $(shell cat .kernelrelease 2> /dev/null)
@@ -565,7 +567,8 @@
cmd_busybox__ ?= $(srctree)/scripts/trylink $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) \
-o $@ -Wl,-M \
-Wl,--warn-common -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--gc-sections \
- -Wl,--start-group $(busybox-all) -Wl,--end-group
+ -Wl,--start-group $(busybox-all) -Wl,--end-group \
+ $(LDLIBS)
# Generate System.map
quiet_cmd_sysmap = SYSMAP