Hi Geert, On 03/22/18 07:26, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Frank, > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 2:39 AM, <Frank.Rowand@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thursday, March 15, 2018 8:37 AM, Arnd Bergmann [mailto:arnd@xxxxxxxx] wrote: >>> >>> The *.dtb and *.dtb.S files get removed by 'make' during the build >>> process, >>> and later seem to be missed during the 'modpost' stage: >>> >>> rm drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7795.dtb >>> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7791.dtb >>> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7791.dtb.S >>> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7795.dtb.S >>> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7790.dtb.S >>> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7793.dtb >>> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7796.dtb >>> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7790.dtb >>> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7796.dtb.S >>> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7793.dtb.S >>> WARNING: could not open >>> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7790.dtb.S: No such file or >>> directory >>> >>> As a workaround, this adds all those files to the 'extra-y' target list, >>> but that's really ugly. Any ideas for a better fix? >> >> Does this work for you (untested, but the way it is done in >> drivers/of/unittest-data/Makefile): >> >> .PRECIOUS: \ >> $(obj)/%.dtb.S \ >> $(obj)/%.dtb > > Shouldn't that just be moved to scripts/Makefile.lib, just above the rule > to make dtb.S, like is done for other precious objects? > > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert > Thank you for adding Yamada-san (later in this thread). I acked his patch series that does what you suggest. -Frank
