kbuild: create a build directory automatically for out-of-tree build
Prior to Kbuild, the build system created a build directory,
when it did not exist, for out-of-tree build.
This feature was dropped when we switched to Kbuild
because many of lines in makefiles were copied from Linux Kernel.
(In Linux Kernel, we have to create a build directory by ourselves
before starting build.)
That feature seems worth reviving for less typing
even if our code and Linux Kernel diverge.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@jp.panasonic.com>
Suggested-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e723218..341f336 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@
# Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables
# check that the output directory actually exists
saved-output := $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)
-KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && /bin/pwd)
+KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell mkdir -p $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) \
+ && /bin/pwd)
$(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),, \
$(error output directory "$(saved-output)" does not exist))