linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] arch: use cross_compiling to check whether it is a cross build or not

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUsXpvUeF4vUWTmAk-ADivHXoVYo-YOw7hB2OGT7qxqLw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 3 May 2021 14:53:44 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
        Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        "open list:BROADCOM NVRAM DRIVER" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        Parisc List <linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:TENSILICA XTENSA PORT (xtensa)" 
        <linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] arch: use cross_compiling to check whether it is a
 cross build or not

Hi Yamada-san,

On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 7:26 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
> 'cross_compiling' is defined by the top Makefile and available for
> arch Makefiles to check whether it is a cross build or not. A good
> thing is the variable name 'cross_compiling' is self-documenting.
>
> This is a simple replacement for m68k, mips, sh, for which $(ARCH)
> and $(SRCARCH) always match.
>
> No functional change is intended for xtensa, either.
>
> This is rather a fix for parisc because arch/parisc/Makefile defines
> UTS_MATCHINE depending on CONFIG_64BIT, therefore cc-cross-prefix
> is not working in Kconfig time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>

>  arch/m68k/Makefile   | 2 +-

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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