Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> writes: > Dear Simon Glass, > > In message <BANLkTinE=tpvzfdbdje5m79wedznfyv...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: >> >> Is it possible for U-Boot to use a system similar to Linux from 2.6 >> where it prints out the full pathname of each file it is building, and >> doesn't change in and out of directories as it builds. Perhaps >> including the subdirectory Makefiles instead using make -C? I haven't >> looked at how Linux does it. Is there some reason U-Boot cannot / >> should not do the same? > > Of course we can have that - if somebody submits patches for it. > > But please note that I think that the Linux implementation sucks, and > ditto for all other projects that copied this method. > > I think it is fundamentally wrong to implement such a feature (let's > call it "terse make output") in the Makefiles of many projects, using > a lot of trickery and magic.
Aside from the pros and cons of the terse output, getting rid of the recursive makefiles should speed up the u-boot build dramatically. In a typical build, it spends a huge amount of time going in and out of directories only to determine there was nothing to do. No, I'm not volunteering to rewrite the makefiles. -- Måns Rullgård m...@mansr.com _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
