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+#
+# (C) Copyright 2000
+# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
+
+LIB	= lib$(CPU).a
+
+START	= start.o
+AOBJS	= traps.o
+OBJS	= cpu.o interrupts.o serial.o
+
+all:	.depend $(START) $(LIB)
+
+$(LIB):	$(OBJS) $(AOBJS)
+	$(AR) crv $@ $(OBJS) $(AOBJS)
+
+#########################################################################
+
+.depend: Makefile $(START:.o=.S) $(OBJS:.o=.c) $(AOBJS:.o=.S)
+	$(CC) -M $(CFLAGS) $(START:.o=.S) $(OBJS:.o=.c) $(AOBJS:.o=.S) > $@
+
+sinclude .depend
+
+#########################################################################