+
+# cc-option
+# Usage: CFLAGS+=$(call cc-option, -falign-functions=0, -malign-functions=0)
+
+cc-option = $(if $(shell $(CC) $1 $2 -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null \
+ >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo OK), $2, $3)
+
+VPATH_SUFFIXES = %.c %.h %.S %.m %.mak %.texi
+set-vpath = $(if $1,$(foreach PATTERN,$(VPATH_SUFFIXES),$(eval vpath $(PATTERN) $1)))
+
+# find-in-path
+# Usage: $(call find-in-path, prog)
+# Looks in the PATH if the argument contains no slash, else only considers one
+# specific directory. Returns an # empty string if the program doesn't exist
+# there.
+find-in-path = $(if $(find-string /, $1), \
+ $(wildcard $1), \
+ $(wildcard $(patsubst %, %/$1, $(subst :, ,$(PATH)))))
+
+# Generate timestamp files for .h include files
+
+%.h: %.h-timestamp
+ @test -f $@ || cp $< $@
+
+%.h-timestamp: %.mak
+ $(call quiet-command, sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/create_config < $< > $@, " GEN $*.h")
+ @cmp $@ $*.h >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $@ $*.h
+
+# will delete the target of a rule if commands exit with a nonzero exit status
+.DELETE_ON_ERROR: