On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 11:51 +0100, Ralf Baechle wrote: [...] > > > > +config DEBUG_ZBOOT > > + bool "Enable compressed kernel support debugging" > > + depends on SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT_UART16550 > > This should probably depend on DEBUG_KERNEL also. > ok, will add it. [...] > > diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile > > index 91a57a6..68e5db8 100644 > > --- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile > > +++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile > > @@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS := $(LINUXINCLUDE) $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__ \ > > > > obj-y := $(obj)/head.o $(obj)/decompress.o $(obj)/dbg.o > > > > +ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ZBOOT > > obj-$(CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT_UART16550) += $(obj)/uart-16550.o > > +endif > > DEBUG_ZBOOT already depends on SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT_UART16550 so this can be > simplified into just obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_ZBOOT) and no ifdef. > Yes, currently, we can simplify it, but the ifdef can make people be easier to add new debugging supports, for example: ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ZBOOT obj-$(CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT_UART16550) += $(obj)/uart-16550.o +obj-$(CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT_UARTXXXX) += $(obj)/uart-xxxx.o +obj-$(CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT_VGA) += $(obj)/vga.o endif otherwise, we need: obj-$(CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT) += $(obj)/uart-16550.o \ $(obj)/uart-xxxx.o \ $(obj)/vga.o and then wrap the $(obj)/uart-16550.c, $(obj)/uart-xxxx.c, $(obj)/vga.c internally with related ifdefs. So, which method we choose? Best Regards, Wu Zhangjin