Hi Michal, 2015-08-20 20:31 GMT+09:00 Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxxx>: > On 2015-08-14 12:52, Pavel Fedin wrote: >> Certain platforms (e. g. BSD-based ones) define some ELF constants >> according to host. This patch fixes problems with cross-building >> Linux kernel on these platforms (e. g. building ARM 32-bit version >> on x86-64 host). >> >> Signed-off-by: Pavel Fedin <p.fedin@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Thanks, applied to kbuild.git#kbuild. But it seems that > arch/x86/tools/relocs needs the same fix. > > Michal I am not happy with getting weird code to work around issues on non-Linux systems. Is it justified to make efforts to build Linux on other systems than Linux? Documentation/Changes implies that already running a Linux system is the requirement: Again, keep in mind that this list assumes you are already functionally running a Linux kernel. I work on U-boot, which allows to be built on non-Linux systems. This is what happened in U-boot community. In order to build U-boot on non-Linux OSes, GNU-extensions are forbidden even if they are cool. After all, such patches are here and there. http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/395588/ http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/397453/ http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/378773/ Actually, 99% developers work on Linux systems, i.e. they only build on Linux systems and send patches. 1% developers send work-around patches to build on other OSes. Nobody can cover all systems, such as Cygwin, BSD, Mac-OS, etc. After a long run, mysterious code is sprinkled, which nobody can judge if it is correct or not. -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada -- 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
