Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] kbuild: centralize .dts->.dtb rule

[Stephen Warren]

On 09/29/2012 02:08 PM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> On 13:32 Fri 28 Sep     , Stephen Warren wrote:
>> From: Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> All architectures that use cmd_dtc do so in the same way. Move the build
>> rule to a central location to avoid duplication.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Jean-Christophe,
>> Moving the build rule to Makefile.lib rather than Makefile.build seems
>> reasonable to me; the dtc-related logic is already in Makefile.lib, and
>> for features where cmd_* is defined in Makefile.lib, the associated
>> build rule is also defined there. I see no reason for this patch series
>> to move all the dtc-related logic into Makefile.build.
> 
> build rules are in Makefile.build c to o , s to o etc...

As I explicitly pointed out above, your statement is simply not true;
there are many build rules in Makefile.lib.

> so put it in Makefile.build is the correct place ditto fot the dtc cmd

As such, I'm just going to ignore that feedback. Perhaps the kbuild
maintainer (oops, who I forgot to CC; I'll forward him the patches) can
weigh in though.
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