[U-Boot-Users] PPC as host

Wolfgang Denk
2004-10-25T17:57:08Z

In message <1098716549.1186.7.camel@imac> you wrote:
>
> Apparently no one uses Linux PPC as host?

Not many, but some are.

> So no one ever had problems cross-compiling u-boot
> for another target then (o;

Or the problems were solved.

> In the top Makefile we have:
>
> ifndef CROSS_COMPILE
> ifeq ($(HOSTARCH),ppc)
> CROSS_COMPILE =
> else
> ....
>
> which always picks up the host ppc compiler regardless
> what ARCH you have defined for your board...

Please note the "ifndef CROSS_COMPILE" - i.e. all you need to do is
provide a correct setting of the CROSS_COMPILE variable in your
environment resp. your make command line. I think this is actually
documented somewhere.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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