Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [BUILD-FAILURE] linux-next: Tree for June 4 - firmware/keyspan/mpr.fw.gen.S | From | David Woodhouse <> | Date | Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:15:33 +0100 |
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On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 11:13 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 02:38:37PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 17:16 +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote: > > > Hi Stephen, > > > > > > The next-20080604 kernel build fails on the x86_64 machine > > > > > > make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/local/autobench/autotest/tmp/build/linux/$(dir)', needed by `firmware/keyspan/mpr.fw.gen.S'. Stop. > > > make: *** [firmware] Error 2 > > > > Does this 'fix' it? > > The correct fix is to get rid of make 3.81 features. > We do want the kernel buildable with make 3.79 and we have today only two > places where we do need a newer version of make: > > scripts/Makefile.headerinst > and now > firmware/Makefile > > Both places should be reworked to avoid this dependency. > I plan to take care of Makfile.headerinst soonish in an attempt > to speed up the checking process (has been on my TODO list for a long time), > > And we should not introuduce the below make 3.81 specific feature. > I have not looked into alternative - sorry.
I've committed an alternative for firmware/Makefile. What's the problem in Makefile.headersinst?
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