Subject: Re: [PATCH] parisc: dont unconditionally override CROSS_COMPILE for 64 bit.

From: John David Anglin <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:45:09 -0500

On 2/27/2012 11:28 AM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> On 12-02-27 10:14 AM, John David Anglin wrote:
>> >  On 2/26/2012 6:26 PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
>>> >>  Using the 64 bit toolchains from kernel.org[1], one finds that
>>> >>  you can't build the a500_defconfig, because the Makefile will
>>> >>  stomp whatever value you have in your env. for CROSS_COMPILE.
>>> >>
>>> >>  This shows up since the kernel.org toolchains for parisc-64
>>> >>  do not have the "-gnu" prefix, and so you run into it always
>>> >>  saying hppa64-linux-gnu-gcc not found, regardless of the fact
>>> >>  you've not got "-gnu" put anywhere into CROSS_COMPILE.
>>> >>
>>> >>  [1]ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.5.2/
>>> >>
>>> >>  Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker<[email-masked]>
>>> >>
>>> >>  diff --git a/arch/parisc/Makefile b/arch/parisc/Makefile
>>> >>  index 55cca1d..cefff6d 100644
>>> >>  --- a/arch/parisc/Makefile
>>> >>  +++ b/arch/parisc/Makefile
>>> >>  @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
>>> >>     UTS_MACHINE	:= parisc64
>>> >>     CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__LP64__=1 -m64
>>> >>     WIDTH		:= 64
>>> >>  -CROSS_COMPILE	:= hppa64-linux-gnu-
>>> >>  +ifndef CROSS_COMPILE
>>> >>  + CROSS_COMPILE	:= hppa64-linux-gnu-
>>> >>  +endif
>>> >>     else # 32-bit
>>> >>     WIDTH		:=
>>> >>     endif
>> >  This change breaks native builds.  So, I assume CROSS_COMPILE must be
>> >  previously defined.
> You lost me here.  As in a native 32bit env. doing a build for the
> 64 bit case is setting CROSS_COMPILE?
>
Yes, native hppa is 32 bit .  Building a 64-bit kernel with CONFIG_64BIT 
causes the
setting of CROSS_COMPILE and the selection of hppa64-linux-gnu-gcc, etc.
If CROSS_COMPILE wasn't previously defined, your change wouldn't have have
affected the 64-bit build.

Dave

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