Re: [PATCH 2/2] objtool: Support CROSS_COMPILE

[Stephen Rothwell]

Hi Josh,

Just a couple of quick comments ...

On Wed,  2 Mar 2016 18:39:37 -0600 Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> diff --git a/tools/objtool/Makefile b/tools/objtool/Makefile
> index c4f0713..e4a6bd5 100644
> --- a/tools/objtool/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/objtool/Makefile

I was wondering if this would be more appropriate in scripts/objtool
since it is used during the building of the kernel.  Or does it have a
wider use?

> @@ -7,13 +7,19 @@ ARCH := x86
>  endif
>  endif
>  
> +# always use the host compiler
> +CC = gcc

We have HOSTCC with its associated HOSTCFLAGS etc ... I am not sure if
that is more appropriate (but it does take care of people using clang).

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell