Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-20 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Monday, June 20, 2011 16:30:15 Simon Glass wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > indeed. it shouldnt be that bad now that more stuff has converted to > > FOO-$(CONFIG) syntax. it could probably even be done piece by piece > > rather than the whole tree to make tr

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-20 Thread Simon Glass
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Simon Glass, > > In message > you > wrote: >> >> >> So yes, patches are welcome, but these should go directly to the make >> >> mailing lists / patch system, see >> >> http://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=make >> > >> > not to kick san

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-20 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Mike Frysinger, In message you wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 18:03, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > > I think it is fundamentally wrong to implement such a feature (let's > > call it "terse make output") in the Makefiles of many projects, using > > a lot of trickery and magic. =A0If a specific ve

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-20 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Simon Glass, In message you wrote: > > >> So yes, patches are welcome, but these should go directly to the make > >> mailing lists / patch system, see > >> http://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=make > > > > not to kick sand just for fun, but this is an example of you getting > > final veto po

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-20 Thread Simon Glass
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 18:03, Wolfgang Denk wrote: >> I think it is fundamentally wrong to implement such a feature (let's >> call it "terse make output") in the Makefiles of many projects, using >> a lot of trickery and magic.  If a spec

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-20 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 18:03, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > I think it is fundamentally wrong to implement such a feature (let's > call it "terse make output") in the Makefiles of many projects, using > a lot of trickery and magic.  If a specific verbosity of make output > is needed, this should most na

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-20 Thread Scott Wood
On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:49:36 +0200 Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > 2) terse vs verbose. > > I like terse more, and yes, I concur with Wolfgang that as far as output > verbosity is concerned, this should be done natively in make, not in > makefiles -- but it might be easier said than done, because the

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-18 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Mike Frysinger, In message <201106181342.06716.vap...@gentoo.org> you wrote: > > > >> Of course we can have that - if somebody submits patches for it. > > > > > > this sounds ambiguous ... i think you mean "no, this isnt going into > > > u-boot, but people can submit patches to other project

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-18 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Rod Boyce, In message <4dfcc7bc.7070...@teamboyce.co.uk> you wrote: > > here. I agree with what Amicalement has said so far. As an example You mean Albert. "Amicalement" is French and means "best regards" ;-) > A fragment from my common makefile system is this: > # New improved verbose m

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-18 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Saturday, June 18, 2011 09:49:36 Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > Le 17/06/2011 02:09, Mike Frysinger a écrit : > > On Thursday, June 16, 2011 18:03:07 Wolfgang Denk wrote: > >> Simon Glass wrote: > >>> Is it possible for U-Boot to use a system similar to Linux from 2.6 > >>> where it prints out the full

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-18 Thread Rod Boyce
On 18/06/11 14:49, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > Le 17/06/2011 02:09, Mike Frysinger a écrit : >> On Thursday, June 16, 2011 18:03:07 Wolfgang Denk wrote: >>> Simon Glass wrote: Is it possible for U-Boot to use a system similar to Linux from 2.6 where it prints out the full pathname of each fil

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-18 Thread Albert ARIBAUD
Le 17/06/2011 02:09, Mike Frysinger a écrit : > On Thursday, June 16, 2011 18:03:07 Wolfgang Denk wrote: >> Simon Glass wrote: >>> Is it possible for U-Boot to use a system similar to Linux from 2.6 >>> where it prints out the full pathname of each file it is building, and >>> doesn't change in and

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-16 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Thursday, June 16, 2011 19:03:21 Måns Rullgård wrote: > Aside from the pros and cons of the terse output, getting rid of the > recursive makefiles should speed up the u-boot build dramatically. In a > typical build, it spends a huge amount of time going in and out of > directories only to deter

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-16 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Thursday, June 16, 2011 18:03:07 Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Simon Glass wrote: > > Is it possible for U-Boot to use a system similar to Linux from 2.6 > > where it prints out the full pathname of each file it is building, and > > doesn't change in and out of directories as it builds. Perhaps > > inc

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-16 Thread Måns Rullgård
Wolfgang Denk writes: > Dear Simon Glass, > > In message you wrote: >> >> Is it possible for U-Boot to use a system similar to Linux from 2.6 >> where it prints out the full pathname of each file it is building, and >> doesn't change in and out of directories as it builds. Perhaps >> including

Re: [U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-16 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Simon Glass, In message you wrote: > > Is it possible for U-Boot to use a system similar to Linux from 2.6 > where it prints out the full pathname of each file it is building, and > doesn't change in and out of directories as it builds. Perhaps > including the subdirectory Makefiles instead

[U-Boot] Nested Makefiles

2011-06-16 Thread Simon Glass
Hi, Is it possible for U-Boot to use a system similar to Linux from 2.6 where it prints out the full pathname of each file it is building, and doesn't change in and out of directories as it builds. Perhaps including the subdirectory Makefiles instead using make -C? I haven't looked at how Linux do