[U-Boot] MAKEALL

Masahiro Yamada
2014-02-19T14:04:21Z

Hello Simon,

> It is not used by default, but there is a -j option. If you use -j,
> first make sure you reduce the number of threads to compensate. So for
> example you can use:
>
> buildman -j 8 -T 1

Ooh! I did not know buildman has such options.
Thanks!

> The intent was that buildman supported everything that MAKEALL does
> and more. I believe that is true except for the in-tree build you
> mention above. However, I think there might also be some small
> difference between the way the -f option is implemented in buildman,
> and the way MAKEALL works. It might be worth splitting the -f option
> into two:
>
> - one to force rebuild of a board
> - another to force a reconfigure on every build
>
> Then we could be sure. In summary, if we do that and support in-tree
> builds then I think buildman has all the features of MAKEALL.

That's good to know.

Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada