From: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
To: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Barebox List <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: update to Linux 5.2-rc4
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:24:14 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQJYg-hFepjHnj6kuF-aCZ95qCwfpeeDbs9BaaXt=56rQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190618071112.lvukhhg2mxpdpbih@pengutronix.de>
On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 4:11 PM Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 05:02:11PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > Hi Sascha,
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 4:05 PM Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Masahiro,
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 05:47:04PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > > > @@ -854,7 +860,7 @@ define symlink-config-h
> > > > fi
> > > > endef
> > > >
> > > > -include/config.h: include/config/auto.conf
> > > > +include/config.h:
> > > > $(Q)$(symlink-config-h)
> > >
> > > I had to revert this change. Without the dependency to
> > > include/config/auto.conf include/config.h won't get updated on Kconfig
> > > changes. Is reverting this change the right thing to do or do we have to
> > > do something else?
> >
> > You are right.
> >
> > Once include/config.h is created, it will never be updated.
> >
> > Reverting this hunk would work in most cases,
> > but I think it is strange to use timestamps to determine
> > whether a symbolic link is re-linked or not.
> >
> > If include/config.h is a symlink, it will end up with comparing
> > the timestamps between $(srctree)/$(BOARD)/config.h and
> > include/config/auto.conf, which is pointless.
> >
> >
> > I do not know why 'touch -a $@' is needed
> > when $(srctree)/$(BOARD)/config.h does not exist.
> >
> > How about this?
> >
> >
> >
> > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> > index 071b927068c4..196a2a2625c8 100644
> > --- a/Makefile
> > +++ b/Makefile
> > @@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ endif
> > prepare2: prepare3 outputmakefile
> >
> > prepare1: prepare2 include/generated/version.h include/generated/utsrelease.h \
> > - include/config.h
> > + symlink-config-h
> >
> > ifneq ($(KBUILD_MODULES),)
> > $(Q)mkdir -p $(MODVERDIR)
> > @@ -849,16 +849,14 @@ export CPPFLAGS_barebox.lds += -C -U$(ARCH)
> >
> > define symlink-config-h
> > if [ -f $(srctree)/$(BOARD)/config.h ]; then \
> > - $(kecho) ' SYMLINK $@ -> $(BOARD)/config.h'; \
> > ln -fsn $(srctree)/$(BOARD)/config.h $@; \
> > else \
> > - [ -h $@ ] && rm -f $@; \
> > - $(kecho) ' CREATE $@'; \
> > - touch -a $@; \
> > + rm -f $@; \
> > fi
> > endef
> >
> > -include/config.h:
> > +PHONY += symlink-config-h
> > +symlink-config-h:
> > $(Q)$(symlink-config-h)
>
> This creates a link named "symlink-config-h" pointing to the boards
> config.h.
Oops, sorry.
I forgot to change the rule like follows:
ln -fsn $(srctree)/$(BOARD)/config.h include/config.h
> If I understand correctly then the idea is to always (re-)create the
> symlink. For this adding PHONY should be enough, no? At least in my test
> it seemed to do what it should.
Right. Adding it to PHONY is enough.
Renaming include/config.h -> symlink-config-h is optional.
(My intention was to make it look like a phony target and that's it.)
Thanks.
> Sascha
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-06-18 7:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-06-10 8:47 Masahiro Yamada
2019-06-11 9:07 ` Sascha Hauer
2019-06-11 10:20 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-06-17 7:05 ` Sascha Hauer
2019-06-17 8:02 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-06-18 7:11 ` Sascha Hauer
2019-06-18 7:24 ` Masahiro Yamada [this message]
2019-06-19 8:11 ` Sascha Hauer
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