+#LANG_LIB_DEPLIST###############################################################
+# Crawl the tree of dependencies for static libraries, terminating at root
+# dependencies or any dynamic link #############################################
+define LANG_LIB_DEPLIST =
+$(if $($2_INIT),,$(call LANG_LIB_INIT,$1,$2))
+$(foreach dep,$($2_DEPS)
+endef
+
+
+define LIB_PARSELINKS =
+$(
+$(eval DLIBS := $(patsubst +%,%,$(filter +%,$(LINK_ORDER))))
+$(eval SLIBS := $(patsubst -%,%,$(filter -%,$(LINK_ORDER))))
+$(foreach ldobj,$(patsubst +%,%,$(LINK_ORDER:-%=%)),
+$(if $(or $(filter $(ldobj),$(DLIBS)),$(and $(filter-out $(SLIBS),$(ldobj)), $(filter $(ldobj),$($($2_C)_LDLIBS)))),
+$(eval DRIVER_LDINFO += -l$(ldobj)),
+$(if $(filter $(ldobj),$(MODULES)),
+$(eval DRIVER_LDINFO += $(SRC_DIR)/$(ldobj).$($2_AROBJ))
+$(eval DRIVER_LDINFO_D += $(SRC_DIR)/.$($2_DBG)/$(ldobj).$($2_AROBJ)),
+$(if $($(ldobj)_INIT),,$(call LANG_LIB_INIT,$2,$(ldobj),$1))
+$(foreach dep,$($(ldobj)_DEPS)
+
+endef
+
+#SRC_LANG_DRVRULE###############################################################
+# establish a build and link rule given a source driver and language ###########