From: Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [RFC PATCH] IMX: Rename IMX image "SPL" to something else for Cygwin
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:30:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5391C292.1020001@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1402057882-29194-1-git-send-email-yamada.m@jp.panasonic.com>
Hi Masahiro,
On 06/06/2014 14:31, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> I am not sure how much effort we should make
> for building U-Boot on Cygwin.
>
> Anyway, other than host programs, I notice file name problem.
>
> Unlike Unix or Linux, on Windows upper/lower cases for file names
> are not distinguished.
>
> On Cygwin, for example, we cannot do this:
>
> $ mkdir abc
> $ mkdir ABC
> mkdir: cannot create directory `ABC': File exists
>
Right, this is a well know issue.
> It causes some problems in U-Boot too.
>
> For example,
>
> $ make mrproper
> CLEAN SPL
> rm: cannot remove `SPL': Is a directory
> Makefile:1278: recipe for target 'clobber' failed
> make: *** [clobber] Error 1
>
> $ make qong_config
> Configuring for qong board...
>
> $ make clean
> CLEAN arch/arm/imx-common
> rm: cannot remove `arch/arm/imx-common/../../../SPL': Is a directory
> scripts/Makefile.clean:79: recipe for target '__clean' failed
> make[1]: *** [__clean] Error 1
> Makefile:1256: recipe for target '_clean_arch/arm/imx-common' failed
> make: *** [_clean_arch/arm/imx-common] Error 2
>
> I notice at least one file name conflict at the top directory.
>
> SPL - image for IMX
> spl - directory where SPL is built
>
> This commit renames the former to a temporary name.
>
> I guess there is few developers testing U-Boot on Cygwin.
> If Cygwin support is mandatory, please consider to rename IMX image.
IMHO we have to consider if there will be a high request to build on
Cygwin and I prefer to defer this issue. Some developers working before
on Cygwin are used to set up a VM on their OS nowadays, reducing the
number of people who need a Cygwin environment.
Regards,
Stefano
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-06 12:31 [U-Boot] [RFC PATCH] IMX: Rename IMX image "SPL" to something else for Cygwin Masahiro Yamada
2014-06-06 13:30 ` Stefano Babic [this message]
2014-06-07 9:15 ` Vasili Galka
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