From 2ae0cc2d423879170f7874c3db16d9de3d2c2a47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert James <rajames440@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 03:40:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] build: add T= shorthand alias for TARGET= in both Makefiles

Lets you type make T=fastest or make -f Makefile.starkernel ARCH=amd64 T=kernel
instead of the full TARGET= form. T= is resolved before the strip pass so it
behaves identically to TARGET= in all cases.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 Makefile            | 7 +++++--
 Makefile.starkernel | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d3757f86..811afaf6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 # Quick Start:
 #   make                          - Standard optimized build (auto ARCH, TARGET=standard)
-#   make TARGET=fastest           - Maximum performance build
-#   make ARCH=arm64 TARGET=fastest - Build for arm64 (e.g., Raspberry Pi 4)
+#   make TARGET=fastest           - Maximum performance build  (T= is a shorthand: make T=fastest)
+#   make ARCH=arm64 T=fastest     - Build for arm64 (e.g., Raspberry Pi 4)
 #   make help                     - Show all available targets
 #
 # ==============================================================================
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ ISABELLE ?= isabelle
 ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m)
 ARCH := $(strip $(ARCH))
 TARGET ?= standard
+ifdef T
+TARGET := $(T)
+endif
 TARGET := $(strip $(TARGET))
 
 # Friendly guardrail: 32-bit builds are not supported
diff --git a/Makefile.starkernel b/Makefile.starkernel
index ccb035d1..f00a7aad 100644
--- a/Makefile.starkernel
+++ b/Makefile.starkernel
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #   make -f Makefile.starkernel ARCH=amd64 qemu        — build + boot (x86_64)
 #   make -f Makefile.starkernel ARCH=aarch64 qemu      — build + boot (aarch64)
 #   make -f Makefile.starkernel ARCH=riscv64 qemu      — build + boot (riscv64)
+#   make -f Makefile.starkernel ARCH=amd64 T=kernel    — T= is a shorthand for TARGET=
 #   make -f Makefile.starkernel help                   — show all targets
 # ==============================================================================
 
@@ -42,8 +43,11 @@ endif
 KCONFIG_ARCH_DIR := $(ARCH)
 include mk/Kconfig.mk
 
-# Target type (default: kernel)
+# Target type (default: kernel). T= is a shorthand alias.
 TARGET    ?= kernel
+ifdef T
+TARGET    := $(T)
+endif
 
 # Kernel-only flags (Phase 6): repointed through the Kconfig bridge, same
 # drop-in-replacement-for-`?=` behavior as every other family in this