On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 at 08:33, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 11:11 AM Dmitry Baryshkov > <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > The driver might decide to put the _shipped files to the subdir. > > > > Please stop this sentence. > > This sounds like we are not learning. > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgSEi_ZrHdqr=20xv+d6dr5G895CbOAi8ok+7-CQUN=fQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > > > In such > > case the cmd_copy might fail because the destination directory is not > > present. Call mkdir -p to make sure that the destination directory is > > present. > > > There is no justification for this. > > If you need a single generated directory > (drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/, divers/gpu/drm/msm/generated/ or whatever) > that should be super simple. > > Why does scripts/Makefile.lib need the modification? Could you please tell me how I should handle this? I was looking for a way to generate drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/foo.xml.h and then use it during compilation. In drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Makefile I added $(obj)/registers/foo.xml.h as a dependency to the corresponding object files and then added drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/foo.xml.h_shipped file. This way Kbuild/make will attempt to call cmd_copy to generate target file, which thanks to VPATH expansion boils down to `cat $(srctree)/$(src)/registers/foo.xml.h_shopped > $(obj)/registers/foo.xml.h`. However this breaks as there is no $(obj)/registers. > > > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > scripts/Makefile.lib | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib > > index cd5b181060f1..94373eeac420 100644 > > --- a/scripts/Makefile.lib > > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib > > @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ endef > > # the copy would be read-only as well, leading to an error when executing the > > # rule next time. Use 'cat' instead in order to generate a writable file. > > quiet_cmd_copy = COPY $@ > > - cmd_copy = cat $< > $@ > > + cmd_copy = mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@) && cat $< > $@ > > > > $(obj)/%: $(src)/%_shipped > > $(call cmd,copy) -- With best wishes Dmitry