- 背景：
U-Boot作为遵循GPL条款的开放源码项目，目前已经占据了嵌入式Linux的大部分应用场合。内核是通过Bootloader来引导的，Bootloader最常用的是U-Boot。2015以后发布的U-Boot版本开始参考Linux内核的Kconfig结构，发生了较大的变化。
查看U-Boot的readme可以看到变化：
Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involvedcreating symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. Morerecently, U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel,allowingyou to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your build.
NPX官方BSP下载地址：http://git.freescale.com/git/cgit.cgi/imx/
- 目的：
编译imx6的U-Boot分如下两步：
第一步：make imx6ul_14x14_nand_defconfig
第二部：make第一步是配置命令，本文以IMX6硬件为例，主要分析uboot移植第一步配置命令具体都做了那些事，以及结果是什么。
- 实验环境：
- 编译环境：Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- 工具链：gcc version 4.9.1 20140710 (prerelease)
- U-Boot版本：201603（配套imx6ul硬件）
- 过程分析
（1）Makefile
根据配置命令make imx6ul_14x14_nand_defconfig，首先查看Makefile文件，哪里与*_defconfig相关，发现如下代码：
%config: scripts_basic outputmakefile FORCE
$(Q)$(MAKE)$(build)=scripts/kconfig $@即make imx6ul_14x14_nand_defconfig会匹配到这里。
（2）目标与依赖
此时目标命令$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/kconfig$@，产生了三个依赖scripts_basic、outputmakefile、FORCE。
在Makefile依次查找这三个依赖：
依赖条件1:scripts_basic
scripts_basic:
$(Q)$(MAKE)$(build)=scripts/basic
$(Q)rm-f .tmp_quiet_recordmcount依赖条件2:outputmakefile（不执行）
# outputmakefile generates a Makefile inthe output directory, if using a
# separate output directory. This allowsconvenient use of make in the
# output directory.
outputmakefile:
ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
$(Q)ln-fsn $(srctree) source
$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL)$(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile \
$(srctree) $(objtree) $(VERSION)$(PATCHLEVEL)
EndifKBUILD_SRC为空，此依赖条件并不执行。
依赖条件3:FORCE（不执行什么）
PHONY += FORCE
FORCE:其中的变量：
$(srctree)=.（为源码绝对路径）
$(build)
定义在：scripts/Kbuild.include
build := -f$(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.build obj
build := -f ./scripts/Makefile.buildobj
$(Q)在根Makefile最上面定义，值为空或者@，@表示不显示源命令。如下：
ifeq ($(KBUILD_VERBOSE),1)
quiet =
Q =
else
quiet=quiet_
Q =@
endif$(MAKE) = make
$(CONFIG_SHELL) = /bin/sh
$@ = %config
将这些变量带入依赖表达式中：
所以依赖条件1变为：
scripts_basic:
@make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=scripts/basic
@rm -f.tmp_quiet_recordmcount此时目标变成：
imx6ul_14x14_nand_defconfig：scripts_basic
@make –f ./scripts/Makefile.build obj=scripts/kconfig imx6ul_14x14_nand_defconfig接下来分别是依赖和主目标调用执行scripts/Makefile.build
第一次：
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=scripts/basic
Makefile.build开头会接收传入的obj变量并赋给src。
prefix := tpl
src := $(patsubst $(prefix)/%,%,$(obj))
ifeq ($(obj),$(src))
prefix := spl
src := $(patsubst $(prefix)/%,%,$(obj))
ifeq ($(obj),$(src))
prefix := .
endif
endif然后将src下的makefile包含进来，最终src= scripts/basic下的makefile内容被编译。（具体编译结果后面分析）
同理：
imx6ul_14x14_nand_defconfig：scripts_basic
@make –f ./scripts/Makefile.build obj=scripts/kconfig imx6ul_14x14_nand_defconfig结果是将scripts/kconfig目录下makefile文件的中目标被编译。即：
scripts/kconfig/Makefile中的%_defconfig被匹配：
%_defconfig: scripts/kconfig/conf
$(Q)$<$(silent) --defconfig=arch/$(SRCARCH)/configs/$@ $(Kconfig)展开后：
imx6ul_14x14_nand_defconfig：
$(Q)scripts/kconfig/conf --defconfig=arch/../configs/ imx6ul_14x14_nand_defconfig Kconfig上述编译产生了一些应用程序：
- scripts_basic依赖：
查看scripts\basic目录下的makefile 编译了fixdep.c，用于解决依赖的问题：
# Makefile.basic lists the most basic programs used during the build process.
# The programs listed herein are what are needed to do the basic stuff,
# such as fix file dependencies.
# This initial step is needed to avoid files to be recompiled
# when kernel configuration changes (which is what happens when
# .config is included by main Makefile.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# fixdep: Used to generate dependency information during build process
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
#
hostprogs-y := fixdep
always := $(hostprogs-y)
# fixdep is needed to compile other host programs
$(addprefix $(obj)/,$(filter-out fixdep,$(always))): $(obj)/fixdep- scripts/kconfig /conf