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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
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--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -1296,9 +1296,12 @@ See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file.
--- 7.4 mandatory-y
- mandatory-y is essentially used by include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
- to define the minimum set of headers that must be exported in
- include/asm.
+ mandatory-y is essentially used by include/(uapi/)asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
+ to define the minimum set of ASM headers that all architectures must have.
+
+ This works like optional generic-y. If a mandatory header is missing
+ in arch/$(ARCH)/include/(uapi/)/asm, Kbuild will automatically generate
+ a wrapper of the asm-generic one.
The convention is to list one subdir per line and
preferably in alphabetic order.