linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mod/file2alias: make modalias generation safe for cross compiling

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:00:49 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux-Next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mod/file2alias: make modalias generation safe for
	cross compiling

Hi Andreas.

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 02:22:34PM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Use the target compiler to compute the offsets of the fields of the
> device_id structures, so that it won't be broken by different alignments
> between the host and target ABIs.
Looks good.

> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
> index 08dce14..ff22206 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
> @@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ modpost = scripts/mod/modpost                    \
>   $(if $(KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS), $(patsubst %, -e %,$(KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS))) \
>   $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),-o $(modulesymfile))      \
>   $(if $(CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH),,-S)      \
> - $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)$(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN),-w) \
> - $(if $(cross_build),-c)
> + $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)$(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN),-w)

With this change we can kill cross_build, and thus we can
drop KBUILD_BUILDHOST too (from top-level Makefile).

	Sam
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