linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] powerpc: proper defconfig for crosscompiles

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Date:	Sun, 9 Sep 2007 15:40:17 -0500
From:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	paulus@...ba.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] powerpc: proper defconfig for crosscompiles

On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 08:21:17PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> The trick for finding the right defconfig is neat, but you forgot to 
> provide an i686_defconfig.  ;-)
> 
> More seriously, cross compiling the defconfig is often useful, e.g. for 
> testing the compilation of patches that touch multiple architectures, 
> and this patch therefore chooses g5_defconfig if $(CROSS_COMPILE) is 
> non-empty.

You should probably use ppc64_defconfig instead, since it's the "superset"
config that will compile a multiplatform kernel.


-Olof

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