Resolved: it turned out that this issue is indeed new GNU Make -related and could be fixed by applying [1] commit to the older git revisions. There's also a [2] commit nearby that also mentions GNU Make, but I didn't need it yet ;-) Below I am also sharing a list ([3]-[7]) of other changes that I have to do sometimes, might be useful for anyone else digging out this old stuff
[1] "Makefile.inc: Adapt $(spc) definition" (0f6f70c3942c152c512b1aa51b6f6079a05e003b) https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/commit/0f6f70c3942c152c512b1aa51b6f6079a05e003b [2] "Makefile.inc: Use `define` for cbfs-files-processor-defconfig" (1c08a9a9c4986f2b3c47322f041e289121536dc0) https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/commit/1c08a9a9c4986f2b3c47322f041e289121536dc0 [3] GCC 8.1.0 build errors like "'isl_id_free' was not declared in this scope" https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=86724#c0 (add #include <isl/id.h> and #include <isl/space.h> to ./util/crossgcc/gcc-8.1.0/gcc/graphite.h) [4] Binutils 2.30 - ‘string’ in namespace ‘std’ does not name a type https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/binutils/2019-06/msg00072.html (add #include <string>) [5] IASL 20190703 - multiple definition of `AslCompilerlval'/'LexBuffer' https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/830ec39e9a3d673fcf5865875006ab471d56b85b ("extern YYSTYPE AslCompilerlval;" at ./util/crossgcc/acpica-unix2-20190108/source/compiler/aslcompiler.l ; "static YY_BUFFER_STATE LexBuffer;" at dtparser.l and prparser.l) [6] ./coreboot/util/cbfstool/common.c - error: '%s' directive argument is null [-Werror=format-overflow=] - is fixed by changing printf(" %s%c", filetypes[i].name, (i==(number-1))?'\n':','); to printf(" %s%c", filetypes[i].name ? filetypes[i].name : "null", (i==(number-1))?'\n':','); [7] ./util/crossgcc/xgcc/bin/i386-elf-ld.bfd Error: unable to disambiguate: -nostartfiles (did you mean --nostartfiles ?) - fixed by "Makefile.inc: Replace linker flag -nostartfiles with --nmagic" (at LDFLAGS_common) https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/commit/b90aba43c1405d3d2cb7cba05e68906e979dcda3 On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM Mike Banon <mikeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > While trying to build the ancient (<=4.11) versions of coreboot for > research purposes, I get > > CC romstage/superio/winbond/common/early_init.o > LINK cbfs/fallback/romstage.debug > OBJCOPY cbfs/fallback/romstage.elf > make: *** No rule to make target '".car.data"', needed by > 'build/coreboot.pre'. Stop. > > because of the following Makefile.inc line: > > $(CONFIG_CBFS_PREFIX)/romstage-options := -S ".car.data" > > If I comment out this line, I get "No rule to make target '-P'" because of > > $(CONFIG_CBFS_PREFIX)/romstage-options += -P $(CONFIG_XIP_ROM_SIZE) > > If I comment out this too, everything goes well until the final > coreboot.rom assembly stage, where a cbfstool prints "E: Encountered > illegal degenerate region name in -r list" and deletes my coreboot.rom > > However, " $(CONFIG_CBFS_PREFIX)/romstage-options += --xip " is fine > and doesn't cause any problems... > > Please tell, why these errors are happening now and not before? My > host's GNU make --version is 4.4.1, but I tried everything down to 4.3 > and still can't properly get rid of these errors (unfortunately can't > use 4.2.1 because it gives a segmentation fault on new Linux) > -- > Best regards, Mike Banon > Open Source Community Manager of 3mdeb - https://3mdeb.com/ -- Best regards, Mike Banon Open Source Community Manager of 3mdeb - https://3mdeb.com/ _______________________________________________ coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org
