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

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Message-ID: <20140506011526.GA17586@thunk.org>
Date:	Mon, 5 May 2014 21:15:26 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Chen Qi <Qi.Chen@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: e2fsprogs: fix cross compilation problem

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 10:01:27AM +0800, 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>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted
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