Re: [PATCH 00/11] jump label v7

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

On 04/27/2010 06:49 PM, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> * 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.
> 

Tony is taking over that work.

	-hpa