From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-vw0-f49.google.com ([209.85.212.49]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Qf2aG-00027q-Qb for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:22:33 +0000 Received: by vws8 with SMTP id 8so1489725vws.36 for ; Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:22:27 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Makefile: fix "version.h" build for cross-compiling From: Artem Bityutskiy To: Mike Frysinger Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:57:40 +0300 In-Reply-To: References: <1310071467-9017-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1310097465.32086.4.camel@sauron> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: Brian Norris , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Reply-To: dedekind1@gmail.com List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 17:12 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 17:09, Brian Norris wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > >> i dont think it's just a matter of "diff build dir for diff > >> toolchains, so common version.h is ok". it's a matter of "building > >> out of tree should build out of tree". > > > > OK, but what is the point of in- vs. out-of-tree? So that we can have > > a readonly source directory where the mtd-utils code stays? > > this one imo, but maybe Artem can speak to the origins (which predate > my contributions) Sorry, I do not know about the origins, I came into MTD area when most of the things have been already implemented and worked. -- Best Regards, Artem Bityutskiy