CROSS_COMPILE is set in EXTRA_OEMAKE which is used in oe-runmake() 
within do_compile()
Running devshell is achieved in do_devshell() which is run after 
do_patch() but before do_compile(), that's why in devshell CROSS_COMPILE 
is not (yet) set.
I think this is the intended way for things to work, devshell usage, as 
I see it, is mainly for pre-compile debugging purposes.

radu

On 08/06/2012 04:46 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Radu,
>
> In message <501FC96A.8000400@intel.com> you wrote:
>> in the new shell
>>
>>   >make coreboot-x86 (without _config)
>>
>> The output I got is as follows:
>>
>> Configuring for coreboot-x86 - Board: coreboot, Options:
>> SYS_TEXT_BASE=0xFC0000
>> make
>> /bin/bash: i386-linux-gcc: command not found
>> /bin/bash: i386-linux-gcc: command not found
> It seems CROSS_COMPILE is set to "i386-linux-", but i386-linux-gcc is
> not anywhere in your PATH.  Please check your PATH and fix it.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>