Re: [PATCH] fix mips/Makefile to support CROSS_COMPILE from environment var

[Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>]

Tim Bird wrote:
> Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> > It looks like the other arch-specific Makefiles also override the
> > environment.
> 
> 4 other arches I work with don't.
> 
> > To work around the problem, you can disable
> > CONFIG_CROSSCOMPILE and define CROSS_COMPILE in the environment.
> 
> I thought that might be the case, but that's pretty broken IMHO.
> It's counterintuitive and undocumented.
> 
> > 
> > Strangely enough, the help for CONFIG_CROSSCOMPILE already explains
> > that.
> 
> Here's the help from my Kconfig.debug:
> 
>           Say Y here if you are compiling the kernel on a different
>           architecture than the one it is intended to run on.
> 
> Am I missing something?

Update to a newer version:

config CROSSCOMPILE
	bool "Are you using a crosscompiler"
	help
	  Say Y here if you are compiling the kernel on a different
	  architecture than the one it is intended to run on.  This is just a
	  convenience option which will select the appropriate value for
	  the CROSS_COMPILE make variable which otherwise has to be passed on
	  the command line from mips-linux-, mipsel-linux-, mips64-linux- and
	  mips64el-linux- as appropriate for a particular kernel configuration.
	  You will have to pass the value for CROSS_COMPILE manually if the
	  name prefix for your tools is different.


Thiemo