Re: [PATCH 00/11] jump label v7

[Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>]

* Tony Breeds (tony@bakeyournoodle.com) wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 05:58:58PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 
> > The kernel stops compiling after the second patch because
> > kernel/jump_label.c is compiled unconditionally, and this generates an
> > attempt to include asm/alternatives.h which is an x86-only phenomenon.
> > 
> > Do you have access to a cross-compile environment or at least some
> > non-x86 system you can test build on before submitting these patch
> > sets?
> 
> I heard cross-compilers?
> 
> http://kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/  i686 and x86_64 and 4.4.0
> compilers suitable for kernel work.
> 
> I plan to build 4.4.$latest and 4.5.0 ASAP.
> 
> Yours Tony

The crosstool package from Dan Kegel did a good job for this. Not sure
it's currently maintained though. It was a very useful project, it's a
shame if it does not live on. It would be good to have up-to-date and
tested compilers for various architectures available on kernel.org,
ideally with access to a package that helps building compilers for
various architectures.

Thanks,

Mathieu


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Mathieu Desnoyers
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