linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] poewrpc/Boot: Fix cross compiling with clang

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Date:   Mon, 5 Nov 2018 14:37:44 -0800
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     joel@....id.au
Cc:     mpe@...erman.id.au,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] poewrpc/Boot: Fix cross compiling with clang

On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 3:11 PM Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> These patches allow clang to cross-compile the powerpc boot wrapper.
> The boot wrapper constructs it's own compiler flags as it may not be
> built for the same arch as the kernel.

Hi Joel, thanks for the series!  I'm just curious, how does the boot
wrapper run on a different arch than the kernel?

>
> The powerpc64le kernel builds natively with clang and with this patch it
> can cross compile too.
>
> Joel Stanley (2):
>   Makefile: Export clang toolchain variables
>   powerpc/boot: Set target when cross-compiling for clang
>
>  Makefile                   | 3 +++
>  arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile | 7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> --
> 2.19.1
>


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers