+# Don't depend on ihex2fw if we're installing and it already exists.
+# Putting it after | in the dependencies doesn't seem sufficient when
+# we're installing after a cross-compile, because ihex2fw has dependencies
+# on stuff like /usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.3.0/include/stddef.h and
+# thus wants to be rebuilt. Which it can't be, if the prebuilt kernel tree
+# is exported read-only for someone to run 'make install'.
+ifeq ($(INSTALL):$(wildcard $(obj)/ihex2fw),install:$(obj)/ihex2fw)
+ihex2fw_dep :=
+else
+ihex2fw_dep := $(obj)/ihex2fw
+endif
+