[U-Boot-Users] MAKEALL patch

Michal Simek monstr at seznam.cz
Mon Aug 6 19:00:28 CEST 2007


>> What is the specific bug you intend to fix here?  Using  ppc_8xx-size
>> in  case  CROSS_COMPILE is not set is not worse than using the native
>> "size" command, it seems. Actually, given the fact that the  majority
>> supported of boards are PowerPC, it is right in most cases.
>>
>> So why do you think it should be changed?
>
>ive posted this patch a few times but never gotten a response ...
>
>this code is wrong because ppc_8xx-size rarely exists for people who are 
>not
>doing ppc development while size almost always exists.
>
>so while the toplevel Makefile will setup a default CROSS prefix based on 
>the
>board config, the MAKEALL script does not have access to that information, 
>so
>for everyone who lacks ppc_8xx-size, using the MAKEALL script yields 
>annoying
>broken output by default.
>
>consider my typical use case:
>./MAKEALL blackfin
>i do not have CROSS_COMPILE set in my env and this is OK because the top 
>level
>Makefile sets it by default to bfin-uclinux-.
>-mike

Thanks Mike.





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