Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] kbuild/makefile: allow building host tools separately

2014-03-30 Thread Masahiro Yamada
Hi Alexey, > > > > Works as a charm for me as well. > Do you mind to submit your changes (because it was you who implemented > it properly and I don't want to "steal" your credits)? > > Or I do it still on your behalf putting you in as an author? > > -Alexey OK. I will post it with your Sugg

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] kbuild/makefile: allow building host tools separately

2014-03-30 Thread Alexey Brodkin
Hi Masahiro-san, On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 10:43 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > I wanted to show retionale why a make target "tools-only" is better > than "HOST_TOOLS_ONLY=yes". Completely agree. I should have think a bit more before sending initial patch because right after the email was sent I tho

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] kbuild/makefile: allow building host tools separately

2014-03-30 Thread Masahiro Yamada
Hi Alexey, > > > > This may be the similar discussion to > > http://u-boot.10912.n7.nabble.com/U-Boot-could-not-cross-compile-u-boot-tools-td174911.html > > It looks not that relevant to me. > For example even before switching U-Boot to Kbuild it was not possible > to build host tools simply wit

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] kbuild/makefile: allow building host tools separately

2014-03-28 Thread Alexey Brodkin
Hi Masahiro-san, On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 15:36 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hi Alexey, > > This may be the similar discussion to > http://u-boot.10912.n7.nabble.com/U-Boot-could-not-cross-compile-u-boot-tools-td174911.html It looks not that relevant to me. For example even before switching U-Boo

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] kbuild/makefile: allow building host tools separately

2014-03-27 Thread Masahiro Yamada
Hi Alexey, > Sometimes it is required to build only host U-Boot tools without building > U-Boot itself for either board. > > For example: > * In "buildroot" "uboot-tools" could be built for host just to have an > ability >to create uImage. > * Linux distributions ship "mkimage" utility as

[U-Boot] [PATCH] kbuild/makefile: allow building host tools separately

2014-03-20 Thread Alexey Brodkin
Sometimes it is required to build only host U-Boot tools without building U-Boot itself for either board. For example: * In "buildroot" "uboot-tools" could be built for host just to have an ability to create uImage. * Linux distributions ship "mkimage" utility as a separate substance. This p