Paolo Bonzini writes: >> > Yeah, make it >> >> > oslib-obj-y += trace/ >> >> > and get rid of trace-obj-y. >> >> Mmm, but according to Makefile.objs: >> >> oslib-obj-y is code depending on the OS (win32 vs posix)
> True... I'd like to simplify this jungle sooner or later though. > We can keep trace-obj-y, but please do leave out qemu-timer-common.o Done, I'll send v2 later today. [...] >> > I'm sure this has already been previously discussed to the point of >> > extenuation, >> > but what are the reasons for not using autotools? >> >> > Autoconf -> no point, but someone needs to do the work. >> >> > Automake -> the build system is just too different. >> >> > Libtool -> using it already. :) >> >> >> Ok, so it's not something against the suite per-se, but about porting work. >> >> The thing I like about automake is that it provides a clear set of vars to >> manage the per-dir builds, thanks to using a per-dir $(MAKE); but I'm >> not sure how the per-target build would be managed (except by having a >> separate configure+make for each of them). > Yes, that would be it. I'd certainly love to see something along those lines for the sake of makefile simplicity. > Even an autoconf conversion probably would have to use separate configure > scripts for the global project and for each target. If you're willing to pay for a complete recompilation for each target you can just have a single configure file. >> This could also be provided by having the QEMU build infrastructure use >> $(MAKE) >> to enter into each directory, and having it produce an ar file (or a >> set of them) with a "standard" name as a result (using libtool). > Doesn't need to use libtool. Static libraries are just fine. The problem > is that ar doesn't work well with constructors, which we use for module.c. > It is what QEMU used to use, but Andreas moved away a couple of years ago > and I think it is an improvement. Ah, I know that one in gcc :) -Wl,--whole-archive foo.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive Thanks, Lluis -- "And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer." -- The Princess of Pure Reason, as told by Norton Juster in The Phantom Tollbooth
