--- a/components/open-fabrics/Makefile	Tue Oct 13 09:18:46 2015 -0700
+++ b/components/open-fabrics/Makefile	Wed Oct 14 08:19:07 2015 -0700
@@ -44,12 +44,19 @@
 TPNO_RDS_TOOLS=		5092
 
 include ../../make-rules/shared-macros.mk
+
+# sensitive to kernel interface changes.
+ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE), evaluation)
+PUBLISH_STAMP=
+SUBDIRS =
+else
+# for now, everything with a Makefile should be built
+SUBDIRS =	$(shell echo */Makefile | sed -e 's;/Makefile;;g')
+endif
+
 include $(WS_MAKE_RULES)/ips.mk
 include ofed.mk
 
-# for now, everything with a Makefile should be built
-SUBDIRS =	$(shell echo */Makefile | sed -e 's;/Makefile;;g')
-
 # Do not apply the standard license transforms for this component. The
 # license actions in the open-fabrics.p5m file are already tagged with the
 # attributes.