Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 15:29:37 -0700
From: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@sgi.com>
To: torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       Kai Germaschewski <kai@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pull $CROSS_COMPILE from env. if present
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On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 11:59:17PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 12:53:33PM -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> > Simple patch to pull CROSS_COMPILE from the environment if it's
> > present, which makes it easier to compile the kernel with different
> > compiler versions and such.
> 
> I like it, but...
> 
> If we do it for CROSS_COMPILE we should do it for ARCH as well.
> Something like
> ifeq ($(origin ARCH), undefined)
> ARCH := $(SUBARCH)
> endif
> 
> And then group ARCH and CROSS_COMPILE togeher in the Makefile, and
> provide a few meaningful comments.
> I will test it tomorrow if you do not beat me in it.

That's a good idea too, I used that awhile back when all my ia64
compiles were x86->ia64 cross-compiles...

Thanks,
Jesse
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