[U-Boot] build failure on denx top

[Aggrwal Poonam-B10812]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Po-Yu Chuang [mailto:ratbert.chuang at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:15 AM
> To: Aggrwal Poonam-B10812
> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] build failure on denx top
> 
> Dear Aggrwal Poonam-B10812,
> 
> 2009/9/30 Aggrwal Poonam-B10812 <Poonam.Aggrwal at freescale.com>:
> >        Hello All,
> >
> >        On denx tree  master branch , u-boot build is  
> failing for 83xx 
> > and 85xx platforms.
> >
> >        Build log
> >        make[1]: Entering directory
> > 
> `/project/p1020_swe_nobackup/usr/poonam/p20x0/denx/latest/mirrors.u-bo
> > ot
> > /u-boot/examples/standalone'
> >
> > 
> /opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.3.74-eglibc-2.8.74-dp-2/powerpc-none-li
> > nu x-gnuspe/bin/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe-gcc -g  -Os   -fPIC 
> > -ffixed-r14 -meabi -D__KERNEL__ -DTEXT_BASE=0xFE000000 
> > 
> -I/project/p1020_swe_nobackup/usr/poonam/p20x0/denx/latest/mirrors.u-b
> > oo t/u-boot/include -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -nostdinc -isystem 
> > 
> /opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.3.74-eglibc-2.8.74-dp-2/powerpc-none-li
> > nu x-gnuspe/lib/gcc/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe/4.3.2/include -pipe 
> > -DCONFIG_PPC -D__powerpc__ -DCONFIG_MPC83xx -DCONFIG_E300 
> -ffixed-r2 
> > -msoft-float -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fno-stack-protector -g  -Os 
> > -fPIC -ffixed-r14 -meabi -D__KERNEL__ -DTEXT_BASE=0xFE000000 
> > 
> -I/project/p1020_swe_nobackup/usr/poonam/p20x0/denx/latest/mirrors.u-b
> > oo t/u-boot/include -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -nostdinc -isystem 
> > 
> /opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.3.74-eglibc-2.8.74-dp-2/powerpc-none-li
> > nu x-gnuspe/lib/gcc/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe/4.3.2/include -pipe 
> > -DCONFIG_PPC -D__powerpc__ -DCONFIG_MPC83xx -DCONFIG_E300 
> -ffixed-r2 
> > -msoft-float -I.. -Bstatic -T u-boot.lds  -n -Ttext 
> 0xFE000000     -o 
> > .c
> >        powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe-gcc: 0xFE000000: No such file or 
> > directory
> >        powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe-gcc: no input files
> >        make[1]: *** [.c] Error 1
> >        make[1]: Leaving directory
> > 
> `/project/p1020_swe_nobackup/usr/poonam/p20x0/denx/latest/mirrors.u-bo
> > ot
> > /u-boot/examples/standalone'
> >        make: *** [examples/standalone] Error 2
> >
> >         When I remove the following commit, things work fine.
> >
> >        From 557555fe0b82940ba7cc69f81d31d6ef4d4933b4 Mon Sep 17 
> > 00:00:00 2001
> >        From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org 
> > <mailto:vapier at gentoo.org> >
> >        Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 19:54:45 -0400
> >        Subject: [PATCH] standalone: convert to kbuild style
> >
> >        Clean up the arch/cpu/board/config checks as well as 
> redundant 
> > setting of
> >        srec/bin variables by using the kbuild VAR-$(...) style.
> >
> >        Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org>
> >        I am facing it for   FSL 83xx and 85xx platforms.
> >        Is anybody else also seeing this build failure.
> 
> Which version is your make? 3.80 or earlier?
> 
> I think make-3.81 can solve your problem.
Thanks a lot. It works with make 3.81.
Just a question is there any documentation in u-boot which captures it? Or is it like we must always work with latest versions of these utilities.
> 
> Best regards,
> Po-Yu Chuang
> 
>