On 2010-11-10 03:55:21, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 03:07:08 Sebastien Carlier wrote: > > On 2010-11-10 01:57:30, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > the config.mk looks weird: > > > +cmd_link_o_target = $(if $(strip $1),\ > > > + $(LD) -r -o $@ $1 ,\ > > > + rm -f $@; $(AR) rcs $@ ) > > > > > > why do you need the rm/ar ? > > > > The ar part is needed when there are no objets to link, as ld cannot > > create an empty object out of nothing. The rm part is to make sure that > > the target is not a leftover object from a previous build (ar would > > complain). > > if you're going to copy from linux, you should move over relevant comments: > # If the list of objects to link is empty, just create an empty built-in.o
I will include this comment in the next version of the patch. I was wondering whether config.mk is the right place for this function; would it be better in rules.mk instead? Both config.mk and rules.mk end up being included in all Makefile's. Regards, -- Sébastien _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
