| To: | "Tom Rini" <trini@kernel.crashing.org>, "Thiemo Seufer" <ths@networkno.de> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] fix mips/Makefile to support CROSS_COMPILE from environment var |
| From: | "Kevin D. Kissell" <kevink@mips.com> |
| Date: | Thu, 4 May 2006 23:25:46 +0200 |
| Cc: | "Tim Bird" <tim.bird@am.sony.com>, <linux-mips@linux-mips.org> |
| Original-recipient: | rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org |
| References: | <445A577D.7090507@am.sony.com> <20060504205517.GF18218@networkno.de> <20060504210449.GA12676@smtp.west.cox.net> |
| Sender: | linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org |
> Let me ask a stupid question. With all of the ways to otherwise do a
> cross compile, why a config option on MIPS? ARM*/SH*, which are at
> least as likely to not be native-compiled, don't do that. Just
> something I've always wondered, really.
Probably because, unlike ARM and SH, the MIPS architecture began life
as a workstation/server processor, and for a while there cross-compilation
was the exception rather than the rule.
Regards,
Kevin K.
|
| Previous by Date: | Re: [PATCH] fix mips/Makefile to support CROSS_COMPILE from environment var, Tim Bird |
|---|---|
| Next by Date: | Re: [PATCH] fix mips/Makefile to support CROSS_COMPILE from environment var, Kevin D. Kissell |
| Previous by Thread: | Re: [PATCH] fix mips/Makefile to support CROSS_COMPILE from environment var, Tom Rini |
| Next by Thread: | Re: [PATCH] fix mips/Makefile to support CROSS_COMPILE from environment var, Kevin D. Kissell |
| Indexes: | [Date] [Thread] [Top] [All Lists] |