[U-Boot] [PATCH v3] Move timestamp and version files into 'generated' subdir

[Simon Glass]

Hi Wolfgang,

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Simon Glass,
>
> In message <1318272919-17706-1-git-send-email-sjg at chromium.org> you wrote:
>> There is a rather subtle build problem where the build time stamp is not
>> updated for out-of-tree builds if there exists an in-tree build which
>> has a valid timestamp file. So if you do an in-tree build, then an
>> out-of-tree build your timestamp will not change.
> ...
>>  Makefile                                  |    4 ++--
>>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c      |    3 +--
>>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl_mmc.c  |    3 +--
>>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl_nand.c |    3 +--
>>  drivers/serial/usbtty.h                   |    2 +-
>>  include/.gitignore                        |    2 --
>>  include/timestamp.h                       |    2 +-
>>  include/version.h                         |    2 +-
>>  8 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> This change breaks building for the following boards:
>
>        BMW                     MUSENKI                 debris
>        CPC45                   MVBLUE                  eXalion
>        CPC45_ROMBOOT           OXC                     kvme080
>        CU824                   PN62                    linkstation_HGLAN
>        HIDDEN_DRAGON           Sandpoint8240           utx8245
>        MOUSSE                  Sandpoint8245
>
> For example:
>
> + ./MAKEALL CPC45
> Configuring for CPC45 board...
> ppc_6xx-gcc: /work/wd/tmp-ppc/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc824x/bedbug_603e.c: No such file or directory
> ppc_6xx-gcc: no input files
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/work/wd/tmp-ppc/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc824x/.depend', needed by `_depend'.  Stop.
>
>
> Please fix.

Actually I think this is the dependency patch rather than this one.
Certainly I can repeat this problem on master and it is fixed with
that patch.

Regards,
Simon

>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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