[U-Boot] [PATCH] matrix vision: fix MVBLM7, MVSMR build error

[Kim Phillips]

On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:19:02 +0100
Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:

> Dear Kim Phillips,
> 
> In message <20111104164356.5ab650e3a7af28de76f55526 at freescale.com> you wrote:
> > when a mkimage binary isn't present in the default system PATH, we
> > get this error:
> 
> Yes - so what?

it's an unforced error and thus should be avoided.

> When the cross compiler is not in your path, you will get errors, and

well that's a little more obvious.

> so you will when make is missing, or the shell...

modern distros include those basics by default - mkimage, however,
is not.

> Sorry, but we really don't need that.

u-boot is the original source of mkimage - if linux itself does
this, and and it eliminates a pointless barrier to a successful
build, then why not?  It makes u-boot easier to use.

Kim