Re: [XEN PATCH 26/57] tools/firmware/hvmloader: rework Makefile

[Andrew Cooper <amc96@xxxxxxxx>]

On 06/12/2021 17:02, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> Setup proper dependencies with libacpi so we don't need to run "make
> hvmloader" in the "all" target. ("build.o" new prerequisite isn't
> exactly proper but a side effect of building the $(DSDT_FILES) is to
> generate the "ssdt_*.h" needed by "build.o".)
>
> Make use if "-iquote" instead of a plain "-I".

So I've read up on what this means, but is it really that important in
the grand scheme of things?

Can't we actually make our problems go away by turning libacpi into a
real static library?  (Also, the "kill hvmloader plans" will turn
libacpi back into only having one single user, so that too)

~Andrew