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

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Sun Dec 7 21:05:08 CET 2003


Dear Cam,

in message <3FCDEA1B.6010306 at mesias.co.uk> you wrote:
> 
> Here is a short patch for the examples/Makefile. This improves 
> reliability in the case of a deficient toolchain.

Thanks, added.

> 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.
...
> PS. MontaVista have 'no general interest in supporting srec input' 
> because of 'how little information srec files contain'.

Well, but this is a standard feature in the binutils,  and  it  seems
ignorant to me to (intentionally) disable it. Anyway - thanks for the
fix.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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