Variables set on the command-line are not overridden by normal assignments. So when passing ARCH=x86_64 on the command-line, build fails: Makefile:227: *** This architecture (x86_64) is not supported in kvmtool. Use the 'override' directive to force the ARCH reassignment. Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index f0df76f4..faae0da2 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/ppc.*/powerpc/ \ -e s/riscv64/riscv/ -e s/riscv32/riscv/) ifeq ($(ARCH),i386) - ARCH := x86 + override ARCH = x86 DEFINES += -DCONFIG_X86_32 endif ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64) - ARCH := x86 + override ARCH = x86 DEFINES += -DCONFIG_X86_64 ARCH_PRE_INIT = x86/init.S endif -- 2.37.1