linux-ext4 - Re: e2fsprogs: fix cross compilation problem

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Message-ID: <535F5166.1000601@windriver.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:14:46 +0800
From:	ChenQi <Qi.Chen@...driver.com>
To:	<linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: e2fsprogs: fix cross compilation problem

ping

On 03/13/2014 10:01 AM, Chen Qi wrote:
> The checking of types in parse-types.sh doesn't make much sense in a
> cross-compilation environment, because the generated binary is executed
> on build machine.
>
> So even if asm_types.h has got correct statements for types, it's possible
> that the generated binary will report an error. Because these types are for
> the target machine.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen@...driver.com>
> ---
>   config/parse-types.sh |    6 ++++--
>   configure.in          |    6 +++++-
>   2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/config/parse-types.sh b/config/parse-types.sh
> index 5076f6c..24d2a99 100755
> --- a/config/parse-types.sh
> +++ b/config/parse-types.sh
> @@ -118,8 +118,10 @@ if ./asm_types
>   then
>       true
>   else
> -    echo "Problem detected with asm_types.h"
> -    echo "" > asm_types.h
> +    if [ "${CROSS_COMPILE}" != "1" ]; then
> +	echo "Problem detected with asm_types.h"
> +	echo "" > asm_types.h
> +    fi
>   fi
>   rm asm_types.c asm_types
>   
> diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
> index 68adf0d..ed1697b 100644
> --- a/configure.in
> +++ b/configure.in
> @@ -953,7 +953,11 @@ AC_SUBST(SIZEOF_LONG)
>   AC_SUBST(SIZEOF_LONG_LONG)
>   AC_SUBST(SIZEOF_OFF_T)
>   AC_C_BIGENDIAN
> -BUILD_CC="$BUILD_CC" CPP="$CPP" /bin/sh $ac_aux_dir/parse-types.sh
> +if test $cross_compiling = no; then
> +  BUILD_CC="$BUILD_CC" CPP="$CPP" /bin/sh $ac_aux_dir/parse-types.sh
> +else
> +  CROSS_COMPILE="1" BUILD_CC="$BUILD_CC" CPP="$CPP" /bin/sh $ac_aux_dir/parse-types.sh
> +fi
>   ASM_TYPES_HEADER=./asm_types.h
>   AC_SUBST_FILE(ASM_TYPES_HEADER)
>   dnl

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