> From: Oleg Verych > Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.kbuild.devel > Subject: Re:[patch, rfc] kbuild: implement checksrc without building > Cources... > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:07:20 +0200 > Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/460736>
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 01:45:08PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: >> On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:43:40 +0000 (UTC) Oleg Verych wrote: >> > This doesn't work, use ifs instead. Updated. >> > I have no idea what to do with generated sources and headers. >> > One may be: check target `if_changed' to be %.c or %.h and let it be >> > built. >> >> Hi Oleg, >> >> Yes, it works for me, with the exception of host-generated >> files, as you mentioned. I ran into those with: >> IKCONFIG (the one that you mentioned), ATM_FORE200E firmware, >> IEEE 1394 OUI database (which I sent a patch for -- it should >> not be generated when the config option is not enabled), >> RAID456 tables, VIDEO_LOGO files, and CRC32 table. > > I'm glad, that semi-working thing was helpful. But it's ugly hack. > > Idea is to substitute objects (*.o) with sparse output, thus targets > like > ,-- >|%.o : %.c > +-- > will be updated and new check will pass them (force check may be applied). > Also having results in files (even in so messy called *.o) is good for > collecting and sorting errors. Headers will be generated as needed. > > Finally short statistics maybe printed in the end of the check: > [(stat -c %s *.o > 0 | wc -l) / find --name *.o] > ^ with error file size > 0 / overall error files > > But implementing all this in non-hack way isn't easy. Maybe Sam will > came back and will do it magically quickly. Until that, i'll try to > fight with current makefiles myself. > >> Thanks for your time and effort. Maybe Sam will have some ideas. > > I've found "sparse" and read some philosophy from README. Nice. > Thanks you also ! > ____ So far nothing has changed. Is it still worth to try to make more comprehensive solution ? p.s. Note. Please honor "Mail-Followup-To" header. Thanks. ____ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ kbuild-devel mailing list kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kbuild-devel
