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

[Dan Malek <dan@embeddedalley.com>]

On May 8, 2006, at 2:35 PM, Tim Bird wrote:

> .....  I understand that having the cross-compiler prefix
> specified outside the build system has drawbacks.  When I first got
> into embedded Linux (many years ago), I was struck by the inelegance
> of this also.

The only drawback is you have to type it in correctly :-)
This "inelegance" of having to set an environment variable has
proven extremely useful in many of my experiences with
clients building real products.  They have installed many different
cross compilers, and often use build procedures to meet
various configuration management requirements.  The
need to explicitly select a complier is absolutely necessary,
you can't have a Makefile guessing.

I personally like setting the environment option, and wish
MIPS would just drop this whole cross compile selection
from the configuration process and work like all of the
other architectures.

Thanks.

        -- Dan