From: Tom Rini <trini@ti.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [U-Boot, 2/2] kbuild: add "cross_tools" target to build tools for the target
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 14:19:22 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140304191922.GP16805@bill-the-cat> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1393812379-19990-3-git-send-email-yamada.m@jp.panasonic.com>
On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 11:06:19AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Programs in tools/ directory are usually built for the host.
> But some of them (mkimage, dumpimge, gen_eth_addr, etc.) are
> useful on the target OS too.
>
> Actually, prior to Kbuild, U-Boot could build tools for
> the target like follows:
>
> $ make <target_board>_config
> $ export CROSS_COMPILE=<cross_gcc_prefix>
> $ make HOSTCC=${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc HOSTSTRIP=${CROSS_COMPILE}strip tools
>
> In Kbuild, we can no longer replace HOSTCC at the command line.
>
> In order to get back that feature, this commit adds "cross-tools" target.
>
> Usage:
>
> Build tools for the host
> $ make CROSS_COMPILE=<cross_gcc_prefix> tools
>
> Build tools for the target
> $ make CROSS_COMPILE=<cross_gcc_prefix> cross_tools
>
> Besides, "make cross_tools" strip tools programs because we
> generally expect smaller storages on embedded systems.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@jp.panasonic.com>
> Reported-by: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
> Cc: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
> Cc: Tom Rini <trini@ti.com>
> Tested-by: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
> Acked-by: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!
--
Tom
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-03 2:06 [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/2] Masahiro Yamada
2014-03-03 2:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: fix "tools-all" target Masahiro Yamada
2014-03-03 11:14 ` Heiko Schocher
2014-03-04 19:19 ` [U-Boot] [U-Boot,1/2] " Tom Rini
2014-03-03 2:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] kbuild: add "cross_tools" target to build tools for the target Masahiro Yamada
2014-03-03 11:14 ` Heiko Schocher
2014-03-04 19:19 ` Tom Rini [this message]
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