Re: [PATCH] fix mips/Makefile to support CROSS_COMPILE from environment var

[Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>]

Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> It looks like the other arch-specific Makefiles also override the
> environment.

4 other arches I work with don't.

> To work around the problem, you can disable
> CONFIG_CROSSCOMPILE and define CROSS_COMPILE in the environment.

I thought that might be the case, but that's pretty broken IMHO.
It's counterintuitive and undocumented.

> 
> Strangely enough, the help for CONFIG_CROSSCOMPILE already explains
> that.

Here's the help from my Kconfig.debug:

          Say Y here if you are compiling the kernel on a different
          architecture than the one it is intended to run on.

Am I missing something?
 -- Tim

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Electronics
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