[SeaBIOS] [PATCH 1/6] remove iasl-generated hex files from git repo

Kevin O'Connor kevin at koconnor.net
Fri May 18 05:16:48 CEST 2012


On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:46:21PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Almost every linux distro has iasl packaged these days.
> Lets make it a build dependency and stop the hassle we
> have with updating the *.hex files in the git repo.

I'm a bit torn on this.  I see the gain in that it simplifies the
build and makes patches smaller.  It also allows include files (eg,
config.h) to be pulled into the asl code so that symbolic names can be
shared.  Iasl is easily available from most distros, but it isn't
installed by default.  I don't want to scare off any casual users that
download the git tree and attempt to compile.

-Kevin



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