This gets a little farther.

[rminnich@q src]$ make xconfig
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `__build'.
  CHECK   qt
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
/bin/sh: scripts/basic/fixdep: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/conf.o] Error 1
make: *** [xconfig] Error 2



git-svn-id: svn://coreboot.org/repository/LinuxBIOSv3@4 f3766cd6-281f-0410-b1cd-43a5c92072e9

src/scripts/basic/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+###
+# Makefile.basic list the most basic programs used during the build process.
+# The programs listed herein is what is needed to do the basic stuff,
+# such as splitting .config and fix dependency file.
+# 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
+# split-include: Divide all config symbols up in a number of files in
+#                include/config/...
+# docproc:	 Used in Documentation/docbook
+
+hostprogs-y	:= fixdep split-include docproc
+always		:= $(hostprogs-y)
+
+# fixdep is needed to compile other host programs
+$(addprefix $(obj)/,$(filter-out fixdep,$(always))): $(obj)/fixdep