[U-Boot-Users] Library order problem

[Pierre AUBERT <p.aubert@staubli.com>]

Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> In message <3DDA4D62.F255E9B3@staubli.com> you wrote:
> >
> > board directory. During the link phase, I have some errors because of
> > undefined references to the board specific
> > functions. These errors are due to the library order defined in the main
> > Makefile. The board library is the first in the
> > list. I've tried to change this order in the following way :
>
> Please note that the libraries are already searched twice:

I know that, but even with the two passes, I still have some unresolved symbols.

>
>
> ...
> u-boot:         depend subdirs $(OBJS) $(LIBS) $(LDSCRIPT)
>                 $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LIBS) $(LIBS) -Map u-boot.map -o u-boot
>
> This is ugly, and I really would like to get rid of this.
>
> > This modification solves my problem. I ran the MAKEALL script for 8xx,
> > 8260, 824x and 74xx boards (I don't have any compiler for other
> > processors) without any problem.
> >
> > What do you think about this modification ?
>
> Maybe there is a better way? We used to have ranlib for  things  like
> this, but it does not seem to help on PPC. Anybody any ideas?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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