On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 01:14:36PM -0400, Mark Asselstine wrote: > Attempting to run 'firmware_install' with CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_TI=y when > using make 3.82 results in an error > > make[2]: *** No rule to make target `/lib/firmware/./', needed by > `/lib/firmware/ti_3410.fw'. Stop. > > It turns out make 3.82 is picky when matching directory names with > trailing slashes as a result, where make 3.81 would handle this > correctly make 3.82 does not find the rule needed to create the > directory. > > The './' seen in the error is added by $(dir) for firmware which > resides in the base firmware src directory, such as > ti_3410.fw.ihex. By performing $(dir) after we prepend the > $(INSTALL_FW_PATH) we can ensure we don't end up with a './' in the > middle of the path and the directory will be properly created. > > This change works with make 3.81 and should work with previous > versions as well. > > Signed-off-by: Mark Asselstine <mark.asselstine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks a lot and sorry for the delay. I applied the patch to kbuild.git#rc-fixes. Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
