2006-08-16 16:40:38

by moreau francis

Subject: CROSS_COMPILE issue

Hi

I met an issue when compiling kernel 2.6.18-rc4. I
cross compile the kernel for a MIPS target on a PC.
MIPS architecture assigns CROSS_COMPILE in
its arch/mips/Makefile but it is not included by the
main Makefile from the begining. So one of the
consequence is that CC variable is not correctly
set until arch's Makefile is included. It's set to "gcc"
since CROSS_COMPILE is still not defined instead
of "mips-linux-gcc". During this time CC variable is
used to setup CFLAGS for example.

is it something known ?

thanks

Francis

2006-08-16 18:42:29

by Sam Ravnborg

Subject: Re: CROSS_COMPILE issue

On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 04:40:36PM +0000, moreau francis wrote:
> Hi
>
> I met an issue when compiling kernel 2.6.18-rc4. I
> cross compile the kernel for a MIPS target on a PC.
> MIPS architecture assigns CROSS_COMPILE in
> its arch/mips/Makefile but it is not included by the
> main Makefile from the begining. So one of the
> consequence is that CC variable is not correctly
> set until arch's Makefile is included. It's set to "gcc"
> since CROSS_COMPILE is still not defined instead
> of "mips-linux-gcc". During this time CC variable is
> used to setup CFLAGS for example.
>
> is it something known ?
It has been reported before but thanks for the reminder.
I will try to cook up a fix tonight.

Sam