[U-Boot] kfreebsd build failure - fw_env.c:43:27: error: mtd/mtd-user.h: No such file or directory

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lo=EFc?= Minier,

In message <20110207210900.GA5848 at bee.dooz.org> you wrote:
> 
>  "make tools-all" fails under Debian kfreebsd-amd64 and -i386 due to the
>  lack of MTD headers:
...
>  I didn't find any MTD header in the kfreebsd package.

Eventually FreeBSD uses a different mechanism to access flash devices.

>  Would someone know whether this is supposed to build under freebsd?

Probably not.  The whole design is Linux based - this also applies to
the "mtdparts" concept used to define and edit flash devices and
partitions in U-Boot, which then passes a suitable "mtdargs" boot
argument to the Linux kernel.  I doubt that FreeBSD uses a compatible
implementation.

>  If not, does it make sense to ifdef out the MTD uses in fw_env.c?  (I
>  think it's also possible to interact with real files containing the
>  environment.)
> 
>  If not, I guess this should be removed from tools-all is mtd/mtd-user.h
>  isn't found; is there any recommendation in doing this?

Even if you are building in a *BSD environment, you could still be
building for a Linux target system. After all, the fw_env.* tools are
target tools, which should not depend on the host environment.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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