Re: Kconfig and toolchain dependencies

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 02/24/2012 02:19 PM, Michal Marek wrote:
> Dne 3.2.2012 22:29, H. Peter Anvin napsal(a):
>> Right now, we don't have a good way to encode toolchain dependencies in
>> Kconfig.  This makes it hard to add optional features which depend on
>> newer toolchain features.
>>
>> If we just add them, then it breaks all*config and randconfig on
>> platforms with the older toolchains unless the user manually adds
>> exclusion rules.  This is bad for testing.
>>
>> It seems relatively straightforward to do if we were to manifest some
>> CONFIG_ variables based on the target toolchain, e.g.
>>
>> CONFIG_GCC=0x040601
> 
> (sorry for the late reply)
> 
> It would be a bit tricky, because the toolchain version depends also on
> CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE. So Kconfig would need to know the semantics of
> CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE and CONFIG_GCC and the dependency of the latter on
> the former.
> 
> Michal

Either way it would mean having to regenerate the config when the
toolchain changes.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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