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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3] Switch from archive libraries to partial linking
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:55:21 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201011100355.22231.vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101110080708.GA8145@safe.home.local>

On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 03:07:08 Sebastien Carlier wrote:
> On 2010-11-10 01:57:30, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > the config.mk looks weird:
> > +cmd_link_o_target = $(if $(strip $1),\
> > +                      $(LD) -r -o $@ $1 ,\
> > +                      rm -f $@; $(AR) rcs $@ )
> > 
> > why do you need the rm/ar ?
> 
> The ar part is needed when there are no objets to link, as ld cannot
> create an empty object out of nothing.  The rm part is to make sure that
> the target is not a leftover object from a previous build (ar would
> complain).

if you're going to copy from linux, you should move over relevant comments:
# If the list of objects to link is empty, just create an empty built-in.o
-mike
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  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-10  8:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-08 22:04 [U-Boot] [PATCH] Switch from archive libraries to partial linking Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-08 22:10 ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-08 22:34   ` Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-09  6:17 ` Andreas Bießmann
2010-11-09  9:15 ` Andre Schwarz
2010-11-09 17:44   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2] " Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-10  8:35     ` Andre Schwarz
2010-11-09  9:48 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH] " Graeme Russ
2010-11-09 11:29 ` Stefano Babic
2010-11-10  6:57 ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-10  8:01   ` Andreas Bießmann
2010-11-10  8:07   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3] " Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-10  8:55     ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2010-11-10 12:24       ` Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-10 21:07         ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-15  7:51     ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-15  8:09       ` Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-15 10:54         ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-15 11:33           ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-15 12:38             ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-15 12:42               ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-15 12:52               ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-15 11:35           ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4] " Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-15 12:13           ` Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-15 12:39             ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-16 14:58               ` Detlev Zundel
2010-11-16 16:33                 ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-17 12:30                   ` Detlev Zundel
2010-11-17 13:30           ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3] " Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-17 13:50             ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-17 18:06             ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-17 19:53               ` Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-17 22:19                 ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-18 21:44             ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-18 22:08               ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-18 22:33                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-19  6:36                   ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-19  8:03                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-20  0:07                       ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-20  8:38                         ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-20  8:48                           ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-20  9:19                           ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-19  8:04                     ` Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-19  7:50               ` Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-19  8:08                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-19  8:34                   ` Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-19 11:11                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-19 11:40                       ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-19 11:48                         ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-19 12:11                           ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-19 12:33                       ` Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-19 12:38                         ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-19 13:02                           ` Sebastien Carlier
2010-11-19 13:07                             ` Reinhard Meyer
2010-11-19 13:33                               ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-19 13:40                               ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-19 12:55                         ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-19  8:10                 ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-15 19:44         ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-15 11:44 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH] " Mike Frysinger
2011-01-24 20:54 ` Timur Tabi
2011-01-25  0:03   ` Kumar Gala
2011-01-25  6:36     ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-01-25  8:55       ` Kumar Gala
2011-01-25 16:40         ` Timur Tabi
2011-01-25 17:49           ` Kumar Gala
2011-01-25 18:30             ` Timur Tabi
2011-01-25 19:02               ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-01-25 20:05             ` Scott Wood
2011-01-25 20:19               ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-01-25 20:37                 ` Scott Wood
2011-01-25 21:13                   ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-01-26  5:22                     ` Kumar Gala
2011-01-26 17:26                       ` Scott Wood
2011-01-25 18:27           ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-01-25 18:29             ` Timur Tabi
2011-01-25 18:54               ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-01-25 18:57                 ` Timur Tabi
2011-01-25 19:05                   ` Wolfgang Denk

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