From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Greear Subject: Re: [RFC] iproute: Support cross-compiling. Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:41:53 -0800 Message-ID: <4EC322F1.8080309@candelatech.com> References: <1321405482-18445-1-git-send-email-greearb@candelatech.com> <20111115171722.02fa1c77@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:52248 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754604Ab1KPClz (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:41:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20111115171722.02fa1c77@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 11/15/2011 05:17 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:04:42 -0800 > greearb@candelatech.com wrote: > >> From: Ben Greear >> >> This lets users use their own compiler instead of >> hard-coding to use gcc. >> >> Also adds tests to disable some things that were not supported >> in my ARM cross-compile toolchain. >> >> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear > > Can't you do this by setting up the compile environment better? > I would rather have the tools work with all features and handle > errors from kernel rather than neutering it. At the least, the parts that let you use your own CC could be split out and applied? I've no interest in trying to fix whatever is wrong with my tool chain..just not worth the effort since I don't need network namespaces and I don't need the arp daemon. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com