[U-Boot-Users] tiny patch for examples/Makefile (objcopy related)

[George G. Davis]

Cam wrote:
> Hello u-boot-users,
> 
> Here is a short patch for the examples/Makefile. This improves 
> reliability in the case of a deficient toolchain.
> 
> For example the MontaVista (pro 3.0) ppc_82xx objcopy does not accept 
> srec input, and produces an empty output file which can confuse make.

Yep, I had noticed this long ago too. Why not just add "-I srec" as in the
attached?

--
Regards,
George

> 
> This patch ensures that the binary image is produced from the elf file 
> and not the srec file, which allows a clean build.
> 
> -Cam
> 
> PS. MontaVista have 'no general interest in supporting srec input' 
> because of 'how little information srec files contain'.
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> diff -urN u-boot-1.0.0.orig/examples/Makefile u-boot-1.0.0/examples/Makefile
> --- u-boot-1.0.0.orig/examples/Makefile	2003-10-14 20:43:56.000000000 +0100
> +++ u-boot-1.0.0/examples/Makefile	2003-12-03 11:21:04.000000000 +0000
> @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
>  	$(OBJCOPY) -O srec $(<:.o=) $@
>  
>  %.bin:	%.srec
> -	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary $< $@ 2>/dev/null
> +	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary $(<:.srec=) $@ 2>/dev/null
>  
>  #########################################################################
>  
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