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+# Makefile for YAFFS direct stress tests
+#
+#
+# YAFFS: Yet another Flash File System. A NAND-flash specific file system.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2003 Aleph One Ltd.
+#
+#
+# Created by Charles Manning <charles@aleph1.co.uk>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# NB Warning this Makefile does not include header dependencies.
+#
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1 2009-10-08 01:58:52 charles Exp $
+
+#EXTRA_COMPILE_FLAGS = -DYAFFS_IGNORE_TAGS_ECC
+
+CFLAGS =      -DCONFIG_YAFFS_DIRECT -DCONFIG_YAFFS_SHORT_NAMES_IN_RAM -DCONFIG_YAFFS_YAFFS2  
+CFLAGS +=     -DCONFIG_YAFFS_PROVIDE_DEFS -DCONFIG_YAFFSFS_PROVIDE_VALUES -DNO_Y_INLINE
+CFLAGS +=    -Wall -g $(EXTRA_COMPILE_FLAGS) -Wstrict-aliasing 
+#CFLAGS +=    -fno-strict-aliasing
+CFLAGS +=    -O0
+#CFLAGS +=    -DVALGRIND_TEST
+
+#CFLAGS+=   -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations
+#CFLAGS+=   -Wmissing-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs -Winline
+
+
+COMMONTESTOBJS = yaffscfg2k.o yaffs_ecc.o yaffs_fileem.o yaffs_fileem2k.o yaffsfs.o yaffs_guts.o \
+		 yaffs_packedtags1.o yaffs_ramdisk.o yaffs_ramem2k.o \
+		 yaffs_tagscompat.o yaffs_packedtags2.o yaffs_tagsvalidity.o yaffs_nand.o \
+		 yaffs_checkptrw.o  yaffs_qsort.o\
+		 yaffs_norif1.o  ynorsim.o
+
+
+YAFFSTESTOBJS  = $(COMMONTESTOBJS) yaffs_wrap.o yaffs_swig_helper.o
+
+
+ALLOBJS = $(sort $(YAFFSTESTOBJS))
+
+YAFFSSYMLINKS = devextras.h yaffs_ecc.c yaffs_ecc.h yaffs_guts.c yaffs_guts.h yaffsinterface.h yportenv.h yaffs_tagscompat.c yaffs_tagscompat.h \
+          yaffs_packedtags1.c yaffs_packedtags1.h yaffs_packedtags2.c yaffs_packedtags2.h  yaffs_nandemul2k.h \
+          yaffs_nand.c yaffs_nand.h yaffs_getblockinfo.h \
+          yaffs_tagsvalidity.c yaffs_tagsvalidity.h yaffs_checkptrw.h yaffs_checkptrw.c \
+          yaffs_qsort.c yaffs_qsort.h
+
+YAFFSDIRECTSYMLINKS =  yaffscfg2k.c yaffs_fileem2k.c yaffsfs.c yaffs_flashif.h yaffs_flashif2.h\
+		       yaffs_fileem2k.h yaffsfs.h yaffs_malloc.h yaffs_ramdisk.h ydirectenv.h \
+		       yaffscfg.h yaffs_fileem.c yaffs_flashif.c yaffs_ramdisk.c yaffs_ramem2k.c\
+		       yaffs_norif1.c yaffs_norif1.h ynorsim.c ynorsim.h \
+		       yaffs_nandif.c yaffs_nandif.h
+
+
+SYMLINKS = $(YAFFSSYMLINKS) $(YAFFSDIRECTSYMLINKS)
+
+all: _yaffs.so
+
+yaffs_wrap.c: yaffs.i yaffsfs_for_swig.h
+	swig -python yaffs.i
+
+yaffsfs_for_swig.h: yaffsfs.h
+	cat yaffsfs.h | sed -e "s/YCHAR/char/g" | sed -e "s/YUCHAR/unsigned char/g" | sed -e "s/struct yaffs_stat/struct yaffs_stat_struct/g" > $@
+
+$(ALLOBJS): %.o: %.c
+	gcc -c $(CFLAGS) -I/usr/include/python2.6/  -o $@ $<
+
+
+$(YAFFSSYMLINKS):
+	ln -s ../../$@ $@
+
+$(YAFFSDIRECTSYMLINKS):
+	ln -s ../$@ $@
+
+
+
+_yaffs.so: $(SYMLINKS) yaffs_wrap.c $(ALLOBJS)
+	gcc -shared $(ALLOBJS) -o $@
+
+
+
+
+clean:
+	rm -f _yaffs.so yaffs.py yaffs.pyc yaffs_wrap.c $(ALLOBJS) core $(YAFFSSYMLINKS) $(YAFFSDIRECTSYMLINKS)
+	rm -f *.c.*
+	rm -f yaffsfs_for_swig.h