Re: [U-Boot] File name substitution in linker scripts

26 Oct 2009


      Dear Stefan Roese,
In message 200910261549.05545.sr@denx.de you wrote:
...
I'm wondering if and how it's possible to use a "variable" file name for 
inclusion in a linker script. Reason for this is the consolidation of the 
ppc4xx linker scripts, where some boards (PPC440) include a board specific 
file (e.g. board/amcc/canyonlands/init.o) into the section "bootpg":
All linker scripts are run through the C preprocessor...
...
.bootpg RESET_VECTOR_ADDRESS - 0xffc :
  {
    cpu/ppc4xx/start.o	(.bootpg)
    board/amcc/canyonlands/init.o	(.bootpg)
  }
Is there a way to write something like this:
.bootpg RESET_VECTOR_ADDRESS - 0xffc :
  {
    cpu/ppc4xx/start.o	(.bootpg)
    board/$(BOARDDIR)/init.o	(.bootpg)
  }
Eventually
board/CONFIG_HOSTNAME/init.o  (.bootpg)
might work (untested).
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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