From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52568C52D73 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2024 14:19:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 201A910E542; Wed, 7 Aug 2024 14:19:48 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: gabe.freedesktop.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="YAczGrJM"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E1A8710E537; Wed, 7 Aug 2024 14:19:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (transwarp.subspace.kernel.org [100.75.92.58]) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DD5261179; Wed, 7 Aug 2024 14:19:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3E804C4AF0E; Wed, 7 Aug 2024 14:19:45 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1723040385; bh=wkgLS15kdTLvliT36oyzsisWKqBnPHwCzUiy0yCqFCQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=YAczGrJMpAyxr/f9jMPRPSOGy5+QP2UgLWDtprDt4SHUXFWtjm6k8ab/4XyffRL93 TJzwQEOdv0lfhHsHhkcsxfTj8RJ9vQwhIHPQ1sRIBFbnZ05b0+alKHuwjos4btuiel zsvVDu9TZrQn9IB5ZxXT8uzfgAEIcnHyoGBXl5Hw= Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 16:19:42 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Daniel Gomez Cc: Masahiro Yamada , Nathan Chancellor , Nicolas Schier , Lucas De Marchi , Thomas =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hellstr=F6m?= , Rodrigo Vivi , Maarten Lankhorst , Maxime Ripard , Thomas Zimmermann , David Airlie , Daniel Vetter , William Hubbs , Chris Brannon , Kirk Reiser , Samuel Thibault , Paul Moore , Stephen Smalley , Ondrej Mosnacek , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Marc Zyngier , Oliver Upton , James Morse , Suzuki K Poulose , Zenghui Yu , Jiri Slaby , Nick Desaulniers , Bill Wendling , Justin Stitt , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org" , "intel-xe@lists.freedesktop.org" , "dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org" , "speakup@linux-speakup.org" , "selinux@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "kvmarm@lists.linux.dev" , "linux-serial@vger.kernel.org" , "llvm@lists.linux.dev" , Finn Behrens , "Daniel Gomez (Samsung)" , "gost.dev@samsung.com" , Nick Desaulniers Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] Enable build system on macOS hosts Message-ID: <2024080758-dedicator-smoky-44be@gregkh> References: <20240807-macos-build-support-v1-0-4cd1ded85694@samsung.com> <2024080753-debug-roulette-8cb1@gregkh> <3jnp6tnkjpvnisefomxagazu2u3uzzt7rcon3r5jssraxzwegb@gsxc7c5sfh7v> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3jnp6tnkjpvnisefomxagazu2u3uzzt7rcon3r5jssraxzwegb@gsxc7c5sfh7v> X-BeenThere: intel-xe@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Intel Xe graphics driver List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: intel-xe-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "Intel-xe" On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 01:56:38PM +0000, Daniel Gomez wrote: > On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 01:01:08PM GMT, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 01:09:14AM +0200, Daniel Gomez via B4 Relay wrote: > > > This patch set allows for building the Linux kernel for arm64 in macOS with > > > LLVM. > > > > Is this a requirement somewhere that this must work? It seems like an > > odd request, what workflows require cross-operating-system builds like > > this? > > This isn't a requirement, but it would, for example, support workflows for QEMU > users and developers on macOS. They could build/compile the kernel natively and > use it to launch QEMU instances, simplifying their process. But that's not a real workload of anyone? How often does this ever come up? Who is going to maintain this cross-build functionality over time? thanks, greg k-h