Thiemo Seufer wrote: > Update to a newer version: Of what? I'm using a 2.6.16 kernel here. > config CROSSCOMPILE > bool "Are you using a crosscompiler" > help > Say Y here if you are compiling the kernel on a different > architecture than the one it is intended to run on. This is just a > convenience option which will select the appropriate value for > the CROSS_COMPILE make variable which otherwise has to be passed on > the command line from mips-linux-, mipsel-linux-, mips64-linux- and > mips64el-linux- as appropriate for a particular kernel configuration. > You will have to pass the value for CROSS_COMPILE manually if the > name prefix for your tools is different. Hmmm. Well, I would say that this should be pushed to mainline, but I still think it could be improved a bit. IMHO, the config question should be something like: "Use cross-compiler defined by Makefile", instead of "Are you using a crosscompiler". My recommendation would be to apply my patch and drop the last sentence. Then you get the best of all worlds: - support for command line specification, if you use it - support for env. var specification, if you use it. - automatic prefix selection if you use this option ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Electronics =============================
