On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 04:00:31PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 02:32:51PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 12:07:12PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > > > From: John Rigby <john.rigby@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Cross compiling the binaries in scripts/* is not possible > > > because various makefiles assume that $(obj)/whatever is > > > executable on the build host. > > > Please explain what problem you are trying to solve with this. > > I do not understand the rationale behind this patch from the above. > > OK... I'd have thought that cross compliation was enough of a rationale > to be honest. The way I understand cross compilation is that for example you build for arm - on your x86 box. This is supported today. So you need to explain your interpretation of cross compilation and why this patch is needed. Because I do not get it. Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html