On 26/10/18 18:01, Richard OGrady wrote:

Hello,

You signed off on this patch awhile ago but I dont get how it creates a lib.a

https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2015-October/232337.html

Regards,

Rich OGrady

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Sometimes it can be useful to link the fw_ tools instead of having the fw_setenv/fw_printenv installed. Patch exports the tool as library and allowes to link it with own programs.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot> CC: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot>

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tools/env/Makefile | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/env/Makefile b/tools/env/Makefile index 40164f7..38ad118 100644 --- a/tools/env/Makefile +++ b/tools/env/Makefile @@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ endif always := fw_printenv hostprogs-y := fw_printenv

-fw_printenv-objs := fw_env.o fw_env_main.o \ +lib-y += fw_env.o \ crc32.o ctype.o linux_string.o \ env_attr.o env_flags.o aes.o

+fw_printenv-objs := fw_env_main.o $(lib-y)

quiet_cmd_crosstools_strip = STRIP $^ cmd_crosstools_strip = $(STRIP) $^; touch $@

-- 1.9.1

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Library is built in tools/env. You have to rename it and install it on your own, for example I do this here:

https://github.com/sbabic/meta-swupdate/blob/master/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boo...

Best regards, Stefano Babic