[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 0/3] kbuild: always use relative path for __FILE__

[Tom Rini]

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 09:21:19PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> 2017-10-13 21:11 GMT+09:00 Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>:
> > On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 06:51:42PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> >
> >> We discussed the __FILE__ problem when U-Boot is built out of tree.
> >> https://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg242852.html
> >>
> >> The deeper your build directory is located, the larger
> >> your U-Boot image becomes.
> >> If your platform has memory footprint limit, this is a problem.
> >>
> >> Recently, I submitted the following patches to Kbuild ML.
> >> (no RFC, this time)
> >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10001419/
> >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10001409/
> >>
> >> I consider them for Linux 4.15 unless there is
> >> a strong objection or a problem report.
> >>
> >> This series is a port for U-Boot.
> >>
> >> If Tom wants to pick this up earlier, it is OK.
> >> If not in hurry, you can wait for the activity in Linux.
> >> Either will do.
> >
> > Yay.  I plan to pick these up after v2017.11 has been released, so no
> > need to re-spin this if it stops applying cleanly until we're closer to
> > release.  Thanks!
> >
> 
> Good.
> 
> According to this:
> http://phb-crystal-ball.org/
> 
> The MW for v4.15 will open 2017-11-12.
> 
> So, the next MW for U-Boot and Linux will be almost lined up.
> 
> You will be able to apply it more confidently
> if Linus pulls the Linux counterpart.
> 
> Until then, I will test it in linux-next.

FWIW, a world build is:
https://gist.github.com/trini/ad0f55b9f46997fd11801aac48bf0c10

I wonder why we see size increase in a few cases?  In both cases, the
obj directory is /tmp/something/01_of_.. (or 04_of_..)/current/..

-- 
Tom
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