linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next 2/2] kbuild: fix for updated LZ4 tool with the new streaming format

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Message-ID: <20130716092242.GD4402@pd.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:22:42 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Kyungsik Lee <kyungsik.lee@....com>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	celinux-dev@...ts.celinuxforum.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, hyojun.im@....com,
	chan.jeong@....com, raphael.andy.lee@...il.com,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>,
	Yann Collet <yann.collet.73@...il.com>,
	Chanho Min <chanho.min@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 2/2] kbuild: fix for updated LZ4 tool with the new
 streaming format

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:12:17AM +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> The goal is to avoid generating a non-buildable kernel in the first place.

I know, that's why I'm proposing to fail the build with the script run
as one of the first things by make.

> > I.e., those steps:
> > 1. make <whatever>config
> > 2. make => A prereq. target runs the shell script.
> 
> This is too late, since this will bail out, and will give a false-positive
> failure.

Huh? This will tell you: "you've selected X, but I don't have toolX
needed for the build".

You install the tool and run make again. Checks pass, the build
continues.

> While if we were to check for _known_ needed tools before calling into
> Kconfig,

How would you do that? How do you know what the user is going to select
*before* she even selects it?

You need to have a prepared .config to act upon.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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