linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Make m68k cross compile like every other architecture.

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Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:51:00 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
Cc:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make m68k cross compile like every other architecture.

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, Finn Thain wrote:
> > If your cross-compiler is called differently than the default on in 
> > arch/*/Makefile,
> 
> Part of the problem is that there is no compelling default. The name of 
> the cross-compiler can vary depending on the chosen executable prefix or 
> the chosen target tuple.
> 
> Let's say I create new cross toolchains for both m68k and powerpc. I use 
> the "m68k-linux-gnu" to follow the m68k default, but let's assume powerpc 
> users prefer their default "powerpc-linux" so I follow that too. The 
> result is that I now have gcc's -B option working (or not working) in 
> suprising ways too.
> 
> Uniformity is more helpful downstream than a different arbitrary default 
> for each architecture. Debian should patch their default into their kernel 
> source packages if they've standardised on cross compiler prefixes.
> 
> > what's the problem with calling?
> > 
> >     make ARCH=myarch CROSS_COMPILE=my-cross-compile-prefx-
> > 
> > This has been working for +10 years on all non-ia32 platforms I ever worked on.
> 
> But there is no problem with calling that (?). Rob's patch doesn't change 
> this.

But it makes life harder for the people who use it daily.

If the consensus is to not provide default cross compiler prefixes in
arch/*/Makefile, fine for me, but IFF it's done for all architectures
(i.e. check with the blackfin, h8300, mips, parisc, and xtensa people
first).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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							    -- Linus Torvalds
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