On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 01:51:50PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
In message 20030609111148.GA10440@mars.ravnborg.org you wrote:
Being used to the Linux kernel 2.5 build system, the build system for Das U-Boot looks like an area for improvements.
What features are most seeked among the u-boot developers?
I will not promise, but I may take a stamp on it.
This has been discussed at length before. See the mailing list archive, for example the thread "Linux Kernel Config 1.2 for u-boot?" started by Holger Schurig on Tue, 5 Nov 2002.
I only went back to January this year. I will take a look.
Being inspired from the Linux kernel I have the following things in mind: (no particular order)
- Less verbose output
Less verbose output? Please don't.
Why bother people with a lot of noise when less can do it in 99% of the cases. The verbose variant is needed for sure - agree 100%. But I do not see why it shall be the default choice. Then a build where nothing is actually build should give minimum output. Why should I be bothered with useless information about what directory make visited for example. Much better to compile everything from the same root. Error messages is still OK, and you do not have to find out which of the files with the same name was the culprint. After a screen full of warnings where you lost the make info.
First thing you should do is to define _why_ you want to do this. Do you want to make it easier to port U-Boot to a new board? Is yout target group the programmer who just starts his first port, or the expert who is doing this for the umpteenth time?
My main focus is to make life easier for the newcomers, and give a bit value to the experts. No-one should suffer, especially not the daily users.
I will take a look at the above mentioned mail thread - and then mail my initial conclusins. Earlist next week - being busy...
Sam