[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 7/8] Makefile: default to cc for host compiler

Albert ARIBAUD
2014-09-09T19:59:31Z

Hi Jeroen,

On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 19:34:44 +0200, Jeroen Hofstee
<jeroen@myspectrum.nl> wrote:

> Hello Albert,
>
> On 09-09-14 16:31, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> > On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:01:22 +0900, Masahiro Yamada
> > <yamada.m@jp.panasonic.com> wrote:
> >
> >>> HOSTCXX = g++
> >>> HOSTCFLAGS = -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
> >> For consistency,
> >>
> >> HOSTCXX = c++
> >>
> >> ?
> > So, Jeroen, what is your pick ? Will you send a v3 7/8, or are you
> > sticking with g++?
> >
> > (or if everyone agrees, I could to the change to v2 7/8 when applying
> > it, and add a comment about it in the commit message.)
>
> I did check Masahiro's statement that cpp is actually used in u-boot
> and it is; make xconfig uses it, if I recall correctly. And as Masahiro
> suggested I sent it to linux-kbuild mailinglist, but I am in the impression
> it never arrived, perhaps I need to be subscribed or something...
>
> Anyway, Masahiro's suggestion is sound and I am fine you changing
> it while applying. I tested it on FreeBSD, Xubuntu and Debian.

I've tried building rpi_b as per the README, but I keep getting

/usr/bin/as: unrecognized option '-mfloat-abi=soft'
clang: error: assembler command failed with exit code 1 (use -v
to see invocation)

Shouldn't rpi_b build properly since it is the one given as an example
for Debian-based building?

> Regards,
> Jeroen

Amicalement,
--
Albert.