Re: [coreboot] Two issues in the build system

[Stefan Reinauer]

Mats Erik Andersson wrote:
> I have made two observations concerning 'buildtargets':
> Romcc is generated in duplicate in fallback/ as well as normal/.
> Is this necessary? Both executable have identical md5-hashes.
> I do at least modify by hand the target 'normal/clean' to leave
> romcc for the next round of compilations. I would have expected
> the python generator to produce such alternatives by itself.

The python tool generates a lot of stuff twice. (The static device tree,
too). Not sure if it's worth fixing. It's not elegant but it does not
cause problems either. If you have a slick idea, or even a patch, let's
talk about it.
> The dependencies of most targets are so shallow, that it is almost
> inevitable to perform a full clean in order to assemble a new
> normal.rom or fallback.rom, even after the smallest of changes.
> Is this intentional?

No, it's a bug. Patches and fixes are highly welcome!