[U-Boot] [PATCH V2 01/12] Makefile: Include vendor common library in include search path

[Igor Grinberg]

Hi Nishanth,

On 11/13/15 07:43, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> When the vendor common libraries exists, then board should be able to
> reference headers located from a generic base, rather than having to
> do weird logic such as '#include "../common/xyz.h"'.
> 
> There are multiple options of implementation, the current strategy
> expects that:
> a) Vendor boards that need generic files will define build in:
> 	board/$(VENDOR)/common
> b) Vendor boards that expose generic functions from (a) for usage
> from other board specific files will provide these headers in:
> 	board/$(VENDOR)/common/include/board-common

I would agree with Simon - no need for additional /common/ in the path.

> c) Vendor board files that need these function services will refer
> 	#include <board-common/xyz.h>
> 	Where, xyz.h is an example header exposing generic vendor common
> 	functions.
> 
> Cc: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> Cc: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com>
> Cc: Daniel Schwierzeck <daniel.schwierzeck at gmail.com>
> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek at suse.cz>
> Cc: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>
> Cc: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nishanth Menon <nm at ti.com>
> ---
>  Makefile | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 61050adb13f5..e7a3e2b4de51 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -626,6 +626,9 @@ c_flags := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(cpp_flags)
>  # U-Boot objects....order is important (i.e. start must be first)
>  
>  HAVE_VENDOR_COMMON_LIB = $(if $(wildcard $(srctree)/board/$(VENDOR)/common/Makefile),y,n)
> +# Include vendor headers - they should be in the following location.
> +# board/$(VENDOR)/common/include/board-common
> +UBOOTINCLUDE += $(if $(HAVE_VENDOR_COMMON_LIB:y=1), -I$(srctree)/board/$(VENDOR)/common/include)
>  
>  libs-y += lib/
>  libs-$(HAVE_VENDOR_COMMON_LIB) += board/$(VENDOR)/common/
> 

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Regards,
Igor.