linux-kernel - Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl.

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Message-ID: <20090112103820.GF28564@linux-sh.org>
Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:38:20 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	"Mark A. Miller" <mark@...ell.org>,
	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...mix.at>,
	Leon Woestenberg <leon.woestenberg@...il.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Embedded Linux mailing list <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl.

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:18:03AM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:50:31PM -0600, Mark A. Miller wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
> > >> There are several other packages which are broken for embedded
> > >> architectures, which I will hopefully attempt to fix by submitting patches
> > >> upstream. But this is why we should be cautious about including new tools
> > >> for compiling the kernel. Sam Ravnborg was correct in that a C program to do
> > >> the work would be the proper way. But by not addressing a currently existing
> > >> problem with an adequate replacement with something that does not exist
> > >> currently, seems faulty.
> > >
> > > Why are "make headers_install" such a crucial thing for your
> > > embedded environmnet?
> > 
> > Sanity check. If the environment cannot replicate itself, then
> > something has been faulty in the cross-compiling stage, that was used
> > to propagate a native environment for the target architecture.
> 
> So you actually build your target toolchain on your target?
> 
This happens in a lot of places, like embedded gentoo ports, where almost
all of the work is sent across distcc to a cross-compilation machine. In
systems that use package management, it is done on the host through
emulation, or painfully cross-compiled.
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