Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] shim: don't let build modify shim.config

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 19/04/18 15:54, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 01:01:53PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
>> On 19/04/18 12:47, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>>> On 19.04.18 at 12:30, <jgross@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> --- a/tools/firmware/xen-dir/Makefile
>>>> +++ b/tools/firmware/xen-dir/Makefile
>>>> @@ -41,21 +41,22 @@ linkfarm.stamp: $(DEP_DIRS) $(DEP_FILES) FORCE
>>>>  $(D): linkfarm.stamp
>>>>    $(MAKE) -C $(D)/xen distclean
>>>>  
>>>> -.PHONY: shim-%config
>>>> -shim-%config: $(D) FORCE
>>>> -  $(MAKE) -C $(D)/xen $*config \
>>> I think there was a reason for the % and $*.
>> The only one I could think of is the possibility to do
>>
>> make shim-defaultconfig
>>
>> or similar calls. Question is who will ever need that. In case it is
>> believed to be valuable I can keep it.
> Not likely I think.

Using `make shim-menuconfig` was a specific usecase for my original
version, but with this difference in representation, the usecase has
mostly gone away.

With this change in place, what is the expected workflow for making an
update to the configuration?

~Andrew

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