Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:17:25 -0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ARM: zImage: Skip relinking if nothing changes | From | Arnaud Lacombe <> |
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Hi,
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote: >> >> I suspect this would have done the job: >> >> $(obj)/font.o: $(srctree)/drivers/video/console/font_acorn_8x8.c >> $(cmd,cc_o_c)' > > I prefer using $(call,shipped) and let kbuild figure out how > build an .o file from a .c file. > > In other words - avoiding use of the internal to Makefile.build > variables in various places. > indeed, but I'd argue that 1) this would not be the first Makefile using these internal macros (alpha and ia64 are using such construct for aliasing) and 2) the `cmd_shipped' stuff is as internal than other functions :-)
I wonder if we could not make kbuild provide an interface for such code-reuse...
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