[PATCH 1/13] powerpc: Add Makefile rules to wrap dts file in zImage

[Mark A. Greer]

On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 10:23:49AM +1000, David Gibson wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:10:43AM -0700, Mark A. Greer wrote:
> > On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 10:33:32AM +1000, David Gibson wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 05:53:36PM -0700, Mark A. Greer wrote:
> > > > +$(obj)/zImage.dts:	$(addprefix $(obj)/, $(dts-y))
> > > > +	@rm -f $@; ln $< $@
> > > > +$(obj)/zImage.dts_initrd:	$(addprefix $(obj)/, $(dts_initrd-y))
> > > > +	@rm -f $@; ln $< $@
> > > > +
> > > 
> > > I thought you said you were going to drop this bit?
> > 
> > Hi David.
> > 
> > Would you elaborate on what your alternative is?  A lot of the Makefile
> > stuff is still black magic to me.
> 
> Just leave them out.  As long as you add the correct specific
> zImage.dts.% and zImage.dts_initrd.% targets to image-y and initrd-y,
> then a "make zImage" from the top-level Makefile will get them built.

That defeats the whole purpose of the patch--to allow the selection of
wrapping a dtb or not at build time.  Its just like initrd, you choose
whether to "do it" at build time.

Mark