On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 10:27:22PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 11:49:42AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > For some reason, everything in arch/i386/boot is rebuilt on every > > compile. It's not a huge time waster, but it has annoyed people enough > > that they ask me about it. version.o and setup.elf obviously would, > > since they contain a version string, but none of the other .o files have > > any obvious reason for being rebuild, and the .cmd files don't show any > > dependencies that I would expect to be revved for each revision. > > > > Help? > > Seen it to - but were busy with other stuff. > > If you do a > $ make V=2 > Then you will notice that kbuild tells you that the .o files are built because > they are not listed in $(targets). > > Reading the commonts in scripts/Kbuild.include it says: > "this is most likely a bug in your kbuild file". > > So I did the following and it cured it:
Also fine manual in the Documentation/kbuild states: | Note: It is a common mistake to forget the "target :=" assignment, | resulting in the target file being recompiled for no | obvious reason. Now, Sam, see how people are trying to escape from the noise of the LKML. Yet you are not CC patches and anything here, e.g. .23 updates :( > [PATCH] x86: do not recompile boot for each build > > Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ kbuild-devel mailing list kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kbuild-devel
