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Message-ID: <20100312105655.GB7371@icd1rh0718.eee.ntu.edu.sg>
Date:	Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:56:55 +0800
From:	Arun Bhanu <ab@...nbhanu.com>
To:	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, microblaze-uclinux@...e.uq.edu.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH] microblaze: Fix Makefile to delete build generated
	files

* Michal Simek (monstr@...str.eu) wrote:
> Arun Bhanu wrote:
>> * Michal Simek (monstr@...str.eu) wrote:
>>> Arun Bhanu wrote:
>>>> 'make mrproper' does not to delete the following build generated files:
>>>>        arch/microblaze/boot/linux.bin.ub
>>>>        arch/microblaze/boot/simpleImage.system
>>>>        arch/microblaze/boot/simpleImage.system.ub
>>>>
>>>> Fix the Makefile to delete these build generated files.
>>> The problem is that if you run make clean it will delete all 
>>> simpleImage  files too. The best will be just delete them if you run 
>>> make mrproper as  you wrote above. Make clean should keep them or 
>>> just remove .unstrip  because of size.
>>>
>>> Michal
>>
>> I thought 'make clean' was supposed to remove simpleImage.* files.
>> PowerPC (see arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile) seems to be deleting
>> simpleImage.* upon 'make clean' invocation.
>
> It can be truth but this is Microblaze.
>
>>
>> 'make help' says:
>>   clean           - Remove most generated files but keep the config and
>>                     enough build support to build external modules
>>
>> Are the simpleImage.* files needed to build external modules? If not,
>> can you explain why we should keep simpleImage.* file after a 'make
>> clean' run?
>
> nice is that there is written most files.
>
>>
>> What am I missing?
>
> The reason is that I am configuring several platforms with different DTS  
> files and I am retesting that generated files. That's why I need to have  
> simpleImage.xxx and simpleImage.xxx.ub in boot folder which have  
> different names. I am doing several clean-ups but I need to store that  
> files.
>
> mrproper        - Remove all generated files + config + various backup files
>
> If you look at help for mrproper we can call that files like backup files.
>
>
> I agree with you that will be good to remove them but only for make  
> mrproper as was written in your commit message.
>
> Michal

Ok. Thanks for the explanation.

Let me see how I can respin the patch.

-Arun
>
>
>>
>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Arun Bhanu <arun@...nu.net>
>>>> ---
>>>>  arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile |    4 ++--
>>>>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile b/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
>>>> index 902cf98..73a3263 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
>>>> +++ b/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
>>>> @@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ quiet_cmd_dtc = DTC     $@
>>>>  $(obj)/%.dtb: $(dtstree)/%.dts FORCE
>>>>  	$(call if_changed,dtc)
>>>>  -clean-kernel += linux.bin linux.bin.gz simpleImage.*
>>>> +clean-kernel += linux.bin linux.bin.gz
>>>>  -clean-files += *.dtb simpleImage.*.unstrip
>>>> +clean-files += *.dtb *.ub simpleImage.*
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Michal Simek, Ing. (M.Eng)
>>> w: www.monstr.eu p: +42-0-721842854
>>> Maintainer of Linux kernel 2.6 Microblaze Linux - http://www.monstr.eu/fdt/
>>> Microblaze U-BOOT custodian
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>>
>> -Arun
>
>
> -- 
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