linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] kbuild: Pass HOSTCC and similar to tools Makefiles

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Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2017 09:09:51 -0700
From:   Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <groeck@...gle.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] kbuild: Pass HOSTCC and similar to tools Makefiles

Hi,

On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:07 PM, Guenter Roeck <groeck@...gle.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 8:20 PM, Masahiro Yamada
>> CC:     for building tools that run on the target machine
>> HOSTCC: for building tools that run on the build machine
>>
>>
>> IMHO, this should be consistent to avoid confusion.
>>
>>
>> Grepping CROSS_COMPILE under tools/ directory,
>> I see many Makefile expect CC for the target system.
>>
>> For ex, tools/croup/Makefile
>>
>> CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
>>
>>
>>
>> Why don't you fix tools/objtool/Makefile ?
>>
>>
>
> Interesting question. You are right, most tools are target tools, not
> host tools. Maybe it _would_ make sense to use HOSTCC/HOSTCFLAGS to
> build it. Copying Josh for input.

Ah, good point.  I'm not terribly familiar with the things under
tools, so when I saw "objtool" I assumed it was following a standard
pattern for tools.

I can submit a patch for objtool's Makefile.  ...or, if it makes more
sense, I can submit a patch to move "objtool" to the scripts
directory.  ...or I can butt out of it.  :)  Which would folks prefer?

-Doug