Re: [PATCH] tools: iio: add ability to pass kernel headers

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Fri Apr 14 2017 - 11:23:58 EST


On 14/04/17 16:23, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 04/14/17 07:42, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>> On 11/04/17 12:06, Sekhar Nori wrote:
>>> Very often, especially when cross compiling, there is a need
>>> to pass kernel headers different from those installed on the
>>> build machine.
>>>
>>> Add support for doing this for iio utils by using the
>>> 'INSTALL_HDR_PATH' environment variable. This is supported by
>>> 'make headers_install' for installing kernel headers at a
>>> user specified location. So you will do:
>>>
>>> $ make headers_install ARCH=arm INSTALL_HDR_PATH=<absolute-path>
>>> $ make -C tools/iio ARCH=arm INSTALL_HDR_PATH=<absolute-path>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@xxxxxx>
>>
>> It's a bit of an oddity as that usually refers to where to put
>> the headers rather than where they are.
>>
>> Is there a more general solution? I couldn't find anything
>> particularly consistent in tools.
>
> Whatever the solution is, it should be used for all tools/, not just iio.
>
Agreed!
>>> ---
>>> tools/iio/Makefile | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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