Add support for a saving build objects in a separate directory.
Modifications are based on the linux kernel approach and
support two use cases:

  1) Add O= to the make command line
  'make O=/tmp/build all'

  2) Set environement variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location
  'export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build'
  'make'

The second approach can also be used with a MAKEALL script
'export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build'
'./MAKEALL'

Command line 'O=' setting overrides BUILD_DIR environent variable.

When none of the above methods is used the local build is performed and
the object files are placed in the source directory.
diff --git a/cpu/ixp/Makefile b/cpu/ixp/Makefile
index ba2e589..2867270 100644
--- a/cpu/ixp/Makefile
+++ b/cpu/ixp/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# (C) Copyright 2000, 2002
+# (C) Copyright 2000-2006
 # Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
 #
 # See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -23,21 +23,25 @@
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 
-LIB	= lib$(CPU).a
+LIB	= $(obj)lib$(CPU).a
 
 START	= start.o
-OBJS	= serial.o interrupts.o cpu.o timer.o pci.o
+COBJS	= serial.o interrupts.o cpu.o timer.o pci.o
 
-all:	.depend $(START) $(LIB)
+SRCS	:= $(START:.o=.S) $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(COBJS:.o=.c)
+OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(SOBJS) $(COBJS))
+START	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(START))
+
+all:	$(obj).depend $(START) $(LIB)
 
 $(LIB):	$(OBJS)
 	$(AR) crv $@ $(OBJS)
 
 #########################################################################
 
-.depend:	Makefile $(START:.o=.S) $(OBJS:.o=.c)
-		$(CC) -M $(CFLAGS) $(START:.o=.S) $(OBJS:.o=.c) > $@
+# defines $(obj).depend target
+include $(SRCTREE)/rules.mk
 
-sinclude .depend
+sinclude $(obj).depend
 
 #########################################################################
diff --git a/cpu/ixp/npe/Makefile b/cpu/ixp/npe/Makefile
index 937de9d..412b418 100644
--- a/cpu/ixp/npe/Makefile
+++ b/cpu/ixp/npe/Makefile
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 
-LIB := libnpe.a
+LIB := $(obj)libnpe.a
 
-CFLAGS  += -I$(TOPDIR)/cpu/ixp/npe/include -DCONFIG_IXP425_COMPONENT_ETHDB
+LOCAL_CFLAGS  += -I$(TOPDIR)/cpu/ixp/npe/include -DCONFIG_IXP425_COMPONENT_ETHDB
+CFLAGS  += $(LOCAL_CFLAGS)
+HOST_CFLAGS  += $(LOCAL_CFLAGS)
 
-OBJS := npe.o \
+COBJS := npe.o \
 	miiphy.o \
 	IxOsalBufferMgt.o \
 	IxOsalIoMem.o \
@@ -78,14 +80,21 @@
 	IxNpeMhSolicitedCbMgr.o \
 	IxNpeMhUnsolicitedCbMgr.o
 
+
+SRCS	:= $(START:.o=.S) $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(COBJS:.o=.c)
+OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(SOBJS) $(COBJS))
+START	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(START))
+
 all:	$(LIB)
 
-$(LIB):	$(OBJS)
+$(LIB):	$(obj).depend $(OBJS)
 	$(AR) crv $@ $(OBJS)
 
 #########################################################################
 
-.depend:	Makefile $(OBJS:.o=.c)
-		$(CC) -M $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS:.o=.c) > $@
+# defines $(obj).depend target
+include $(SRCTREE)/rules.mk
 
-sinclude .depend
+sinclude $(obj).depend
+
+#########################################################################