first stab at having all intermediate + binary files in a different folders - hopefully allow more than one build at the same time eventually

Makefile

@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@
 # CC3000=1                # If compiling for a non-linux target that has internet support, use CC3000 support
 # USB_PRODUCT_ID=0x1234   # force a specific USB Product ID (default 0x5740)
 #
-# GENDIR=MyGenDir		  # sets directory for files generated during make
+# GENDIR=MyGenDir		      # sets directory for intermediate files generated during make
-#					      # GENDIR=/home/mydir/mygendir
+# OBJDIR=MyObjDir		      # sets directory for object files generated during make
+# BINDIR=MyBinDir    		  # sets directory for binaries generated during make
 # SETDEFINES=FileDefines  # settings which are called after definitions for board are done
 #                         # SETDEFINES=/home/mydir/myDefines
 # UNSUPPORTEDMAKE=FileUnsu# Adds additional files from unsupported sources(means not supported by Gordon) to actual make
@@ -65,6 +66,12 @@ include make/sanitycheck.make
 ifndef GENDIR
 GENDIR=gen
 endif
+ifndef OBJDIR
+OBJDIR=obj
+endif
+ifndef BINDIR
+BINDIR=bin
+endif
 
 ifndef SINGLETHREAD
 MAKEFLAGS=-j5 # multicore
@@ -172,9 +179,9 @@ endif
 #                                                      Get info out of BOARDNAME.py
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # TODO: could check board here and make clean if it's different?
-$(shell rm -f CURRENT_BOARD.make)
+$(shell rm -f $(GENDIR)/CURRENT_BOARD.make)
-$(shell python scripts/get_makefile_decls.py $(BOARD) > CURRENT_BOARD.make)
+$(shell python scripts/get_makefile_decls.py $(BOARD) > $(GENDIR)/CURRENT_BOARD.make)
-include CURRENT_BOARD.make
+include $(GENDIR)/CURRENT_BOARD.make
 
 #set or reset defines like USE_GRAPHIC from an external file to customize firmware
 ifdef SETDEFINES
@@ -668,7 +675,13 @@ PININFOFILE=$(GENDIR)/jspininfo
 SOURCES += $(PININFOFILE).c
 
 SOURCES += $(WRAPPERSOURCES) $(TARGETSOURCES)
-SOURCEOBJS = $(SOURCES:.c=.o) $(CPPSOURCES:.cpp=.o) $(CCSOURCES:.cc=.o)
+SOURCEOBJS = $(patsubst %.c,$(OBJDIR)/%.o,$(SOURCES))
+ifdef CPPSOURCES
+SOURCEOBJS += $(patsubst %.cpp,$(OBJDIR)/%.cpp.o,$(CPPSOURCES))
+endif
+ifdef CCSOURCES
+SOURCEOBJS += $(patsubst %.cc,$(OBJDIR)/%.cc.o,$(CCSOURCES))
+endif
 OBJS = $(PRECOMPILED_OBJS) $(SOURCEOBJS)
 
 
@@ -795,25 +808,30 @@ quiet_link= LD $@
 quiet_obj_dump= GEN $(PROJ_NAME).lst
 quiet_obj_to_bin= GEN $(PROJ_NAME).$2
 
-%.o: %.c $(PLATFORM_CONFIG_FILE) $(PININFOFILE).h
+$(OBJDIR)/%.o: %.c $(PLATFORM_CONFIG_FILE) $(PININFOFILE).h
 	@echo $($(quiet_)compile)
+	@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@) # create directory if it doesn't exist
 	@$(call compile)
 
-.cc.o: %.cc $(PLATFORM_CONFIG_FILE) $(PININFOFILE).h
+$(OBJDIR)/%.cc.o: %.cc $(PLATFORM_CONFIG_FILE) $(PININFOFILE).h
 	@echo $($(quiet_)compile)
+	@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@) # create directory if it doesn't exist
 	@$(CC) $(CCFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
 
-.cpp.o: $(PLATFORM_CONFIG_FILE) $(PININFOFILE).h
+$(OBJDIR)/%.cpp.o: $(PLATFORM_CONFIG_FILE) $(PININFOFILE).h
 	@echo $($(quiet_)compile)
+	@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@) # create directory if it doesn't exist
 	@$(call compile)
 
 # case sensitive - Nordic's files are capitals
-.s.o:
+$(OBJDIR)/%.s.o:
 	@echo $($(quiet_)compile)
+	@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@) # create directory if it doesn't exist
 	@$(call compile)
 
-.S.o:
+$(OBJDIR)/%.S.o:
 	@echo $($(quiet_)compile)
+	@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@) # create directory if it doesn't exist
 	@$(call compile)
 
 ifdef LINUX # ---------------------------------------------------
@@ -832,8 +850,7 @@ lst: $(PROJ_NAME).lst
 
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning targets
-	$(Q)find . -name \*.o | grep -v "./arm-bcm2708\|./gcc-arm-none-eabi" | xargs rm -f
+	$(Q)rm -rf $(OBJDIR)/*
-	$(Q)find . -name \*.d | grep -v "./arm-bcm2708\|./gcc-arm-none-eabi" | xargs rm -f
 	$(Q)rm -f $(ROOT)/gen/*.c $(ROOT)/gen/*.h $(ROOT)/gen/*.ld
 	$(Q)rm -f $(ROOT)/scripts/*.pyc $(ROOT)/boards/*.pyc
 	$(Q)rm -f $(PROJ_NAME).elf

bin/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is where built binaries go

build/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Intermediate build files end up here

make/family/NRF52.make

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ifdef NRF_SDK17
 # Use SDK17
 NRF5X_SDK=17
 NRF5X_SDK_17=1
-NRF5X_SDK_PATH=$(ROOT)/targetlibs/nrf5x_17
+NRF5X_SDK_PATH=targetlibs/nrf5x_17
 DEFINES += -DNRF_SD_BLE_API_VERSION=7
 DEFINES += -D__HEAP_SIZE=0
 ifeq ($(CHIP),NRF52840)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ifdef NRF_SDK15
 # Use SDK15
 NRF5X_SDK=15
 NRF5X_SDK_15=1
-NRF5X_SDK_PATH=$(ROOT)/targetlibs/nrf5x_15
+NRF5X_SDK_PATH=targetlibs/nrf5x_15
 DEFINES += -DNRF_SD_BLE_API_VERSION=6
 DEFINES += -D__HEAP_SIZE=0
 ifeq ($(CHIP),NRF52840)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ ifdef NRF_SDK14
 # Use SDK14
 NRF5X_SDK=14
 NRF5X_SDK_14=1
-NRF5X_SDK_PATH=$(ROOT)/targetlibs/nrf5x_14
+NRF5X_SDK_PATH=targetlibs/nrf5x_14
 DEFINES += -DNRF_SD_BLE_API_VERSION=5
 DEFINES += -D__HEAP_SIZE=0
 ifeq ($(CHIP),NRF52840)
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ ifdef NRF_SDK11
 # Use SDK11
 NRF5X_SDK=11
 NRF5X_SDK_11=1
-NRF5X_SDK_PATH=$(ROOT)/targetlibs/nrf5x_11
+NRF5X_SDK_PATH=targetlibs/nrf5x_11
 DEFINES += -DNRF_SD_BLE_API_VERSION=2
 SOFTDEVICE        = $(SOFTDEVICE_PATH)/hex/s132_nrf52_2.0.0_softdevice.hex
 else
 # Use SDK12
 NRF5X_SDK=12
 NRF5X_SDK_12=1
-NRF5X_SDK_PATH=$(ROOT)/targetlibs/nrf5x_12
+NRF5X_SDK_PATH=targetlibs/nrf5x_12
 DEFINES += -DNRF_SD_BLE_API_VERSION=3
 SOFTDEVICE        = $(SOFTDEVICE_PATH)/hex/s132_nrf52_3.1.0_softdevice.hex
 endif

make/misc/tensorflow.make

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TENSOR_ROOT := $(ROOT)/libs/tensorflow
+TENSOR_ROOT := libs/tensorflow
 CCSOURCES += \
 $(TENSOR_ROOT)/tensorflow/lite/micro/simple_memory_allocator.cc \
 $(TENSOR_ROOT)/tensorflow/lite/micro/memory_helpers.cc \

scripts/get_makefile_decls.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if binaryName.find('.bin')>=0:
     binaryName = binaryName[:binaryName.find('.bin')]
 if binaryName.find('.hex')>=0:
     binaryName = binaryName[:binaryName.find('.hex')]
-print("PROJ_NAME="+binaryName)
+print("PROJ_NAME=$(BINDIR)/"+binaryName)
 
 if board.chip["family"]!="LINUX":
     print("EMBEDDED=1")
@@ -76,5 +76,5 @@ if 'USB' in board.devices:
 
 if 'bootloader' in board.info and board.info['bootloader']==1:
     print("USE_BOOTLOADER:=1")
-    print("BOOTLOADER_PROJ_NAME:=bootloader_$(PROJ_NAME)")
+    print("BOOTLOADER_PROJ_NAME:=$(BINDIR)/bootloader_"+binaryName)
     print("DEFINES+=-DUSE_BOOTLOADER")