# If it is set to "silent_", nothing wil be printed at all, since
# the variable $(silent_cmd_cc_o_c) doesn't exist.
#
-# A simple variant is to prefix commands with $(Q) - that's usefull
+# A simple variant is to prefix commands with $(Q) - that's useful
# for commands that shall be hidden in non-verbose mode.
#
# $(Q)ln $@ :<
# Read KERNELRELEASE from .kernelrelease (if it exists)
KERNELRELEASE = $(shell cat .kernelrelease 2> /dev/null)
-export KERNELRELEASE \
+export VERSION PATCHLEVEL SUBLEVEL KERNELRELEASE \
ARCH CONFIG_SHELL HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC \
CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP MAKE AWK GENKSYMS PERL UTS_MACHINE \
HOSTCXX HOSTCXXFLAGS LDFLAGS_MODULE CHECK CHECKFLAGS