On Sunday 26 February 2012 18:26:53 Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> --- a/arch/parisc/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/parisc/Makefile
>
> -CROSS_COMPILE	:= hppa64-linux-gnu-
> +ifndef CROSS_COMPILE
> + CROSS_COMPILE	:= hppa64-linux-gnu-
> +endif

this should accomplish the same thing in practice:
	CROSS_COMPILE ?= hppa64-linux-gnu-
-mike