Re: [matthew@wil.cx: Re: [parisc-linux] parisc arch makefile clean-upneeded [Was: cleaning up "make headers_install" for various architectures]]

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

>
> Sam mipslet 'parisc-linux' in the first mail ... so i replied to the
> second mail ... without checking l-k was still cc'd.
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> -----
>
> From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx>
> To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: parisc-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] parisc arch makefile clean-up needed [Was:
> 	cleaning up "make headers_install" for various architectures]
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 08:42:25PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > parisc arch Makefile needs some love and care...
> >
> > The logic selecting CROSS_COMPILE seems fishy and wrong -
> > the error reported by rday is obvious in this respect.
>
> He doesn't have a compiler installed that can target parisc.  It
> doesn't seem obvious to me that this should work.

are you claiming that installing arch-specific kernel headers should,
in fact, require an appropriate cross compiler?  i wouldn't have
thought so, but i'm willing to be corrected.

rday

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