[kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 1/9] (arm|powerpc|s390x): Makefile: Fix .aux.o generation

[Thomas Huth]

On 02/02/2024 10.30, Andrew Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 04:57:32PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
>> Using all prerequisites for the source file results in the build
>> dying on the second time around with:
>>
>> gcc: fatal error: cannot specify ‘-o’ with ‘-c’, ‘-S’ or ‘-E’ with multiple files
>>
>> This is due to auxinfo.h becoming a prerequisite after the first
>> build recorded the dependency.

D'oh, of course I only tried to run "make" once when testing that patch :-/

>> diff --git a/arm/Makefile.common b/arm/Makefile.common
>> index 54cb4a63..c2ee568c 100644
>> --- a/arm/Makefile.common
>> +++ b/arm/Makefile.common
>> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ FLATLIBS = $(libcflat) $(LIBFDT_archive) $(libeabi)
>>   
>>   ifeq ($(CONFIG_EFI),y)
>>   %.aux.o: $(SRCDIR)/lib/auxinfo.c
>> -	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $^ \
>> +	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $< \
>>   		-DPROGNAME=\"$(@:.aux.o=.efi)\" -DAUXFLAGS=$(AUXFLAGS)
> 
> There are two instances of the %.aux.o target in arm/Makefile.common. We
> need to fix both. We can actually pull the target out of the two arms of
> the CONFIG_EFI if-else, though, by changing the .efi/.flat to .$(exe).

I went ahead and pushed this patch with the trivial fix for the else-branch 
to the repo to unbreak the build. If you think it's worthwhile to unify the 
target, please provide a patch to do so, thanks!

  Thomas