Re: Smart CONFIG_* Dependencies
Brian Gerst (bgerst@quark.vpplus.com)
Fri, 21 Nov 1997 13:38:16 -0500
Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
>
> > Try it out and do let me know what you think.
>
> you write this about 'command dependencies':
>
> ------------>
> The best solution would be 'command dependencies', where the
> Makefile stores the command line used to build foo.o and then forces
> a rebuild whenever this command line changes.
>
> This would involve a great deal of work so instead we used the
> following kludge: when the Makefile compiles drivers/net/foo.c
> as a module, it names the output file drivers/net/mod-foo.o.
> <---------
>
> what about storing the command used to build a .o file in a '.foo.comm'
> file, and compare it / touch it when building. It wont show up in normal
> 'ls' output, so the 'file listing' doesnt change, and it looks more
> robust.
>
> this also takes care of other command-dependencies, say -D__SMP__, or
> -D__386__, or compiler flags?
With this patch, we could make SMP a config option again, so that would
not be an issue.
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Brian Gerst