[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/5] kbuild: use $(call cmd, ) rather than $(call if_changed, ) where possible

Albert ARIBAUD albert.u.boot at aribaud.net
Wed Feb 3 13:20:02 CET 2016


Hello Albert,

On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 13:18:35 +0100, Albert ARIBAUD
<albert.u.boot at aribaud.net> wrote:
> Hello Masahiro,
> 
> On Wed,  3 Feb 2016 21:05:12 +0900, Masahiro Yamada
> <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com> wrote:
> > These build commands are constant (mostly, just concatenating images,
> > or just copying).  No need to use $(call if_changed,...) for them.
> 
> I am a total kbuild ignorant, so I'm probably asking a stupid question,
> but hey.
> 
> What are the exact semantics of $(call if_changed,)? I thought it meant
> "call the function if any of the dependencies has changed. If it does,
> then won't this patch make the corresponding action systematic, causing
> unneeded concatenations or copies?

NVM, the answer could be found in later patches in the series.

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.


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