On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 23:32:38 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote: > In case the build system builds a directory with empty Makefile, > one which does not contain any obj-y entries, the build fails to > link due to missing built-in.o . > > This happens because of this part of scripts/Makefile.build > 81 ifneq ($(strip $(obj-y) $(obj-m) $(obj-) $(subdir-m) $(lib-target)),) > 82 builtin-target := $(obj)/built-in.o > 83 endif > which does not assign builtin-target in case obj-y is empty. The > built-in target is then not built at all, and built-in.o is not > generated by this part of scripts/Makefile.build > 325 ifdef builtin-target > 326 quiet_cmd_link_o_target = AR $@ > 327 # If the list of objects to link is empty, just create an empty > built-in.o > ... > 335 targets += $(builtin-target) > 336 endif # builtin-target > This is the correct behavior. > > [...]
Applied to u-boot/master, thanks! -- Tom
