- $(word 1, <text>) is equivalent to $(firstword, <text>) - hardcode "gcc" instead of $(CC) - minimize the shell script part A little more notes since $(filter-out -%, ...) is not clear. arch/mips/Makefile passes prefixes depending on the configuration. CROSS_COMPILE := $(call cc-cross-prefix, $(tool-archpref)-linux- \ $(tool-archpref)-linux-gnu- $(tool-archpref)-unknown-linux-gnu-) In the Kconfig stage (e.g. when you run 'make defconfig'), neither CONFIG_32BIT nor CONFIG_64BIT is defined. So, $(tool-archpref) is empty. As a result, "-linux -linux-gnu- -unknown-linux-gnu" is passed into cc-cross-prefix. The command 'which' assumes arguments starting with a hyphen as command options, then emits the following messages: Illegal option -l Illegal option -l Illegal option -u I think it is wrong to define CROSS_COMPILE depending on the CONFIG options since you need to feed $(CC) to Kconfig, but it is how MIPS Makefile currently works. Anyway, it would not hurt to filter-out invalid strings beforehand. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/Kbuild.include | 12 ++++-------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include index d93250b..c1e15a4 100644 --- a/scripts/Kbuild.include +++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include @@ -71,14 +71,10 @@ endef # cc-cross-prefix # Usage: CROSS_COMPILE := $(call cc-cross-prefix, m68k-linux-gnu- m68k-linux-) -# Return first prefix where a prefix$(CC) is found in PATH. -# If no $(CC) found in PATH with listed prefixes return nothing -cc-cross-prefix = \ - $(word 1, $(foreach c,$(1), \ - $(shell set -e; \ - if (which $(strip $(c))$(CC)) > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then \ - echo $(c); \ - fi))) +# Return first <prefix> where a <prefix>gcc is found in PATH. +# If no gcc found in PATH with listed prefixes return nothing +cc-cross-prefix = $(firstword $(foreach c, $(filter-out -%, $(1)), \ + $(if $(shell which $(c)gcc), $(c)))) # output directory for tests below TMPOUT := $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(firstword $(KBUILD_EXTMOD))/) -- 2.7.4