On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 17:25:31 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
Mike Frysinger wrote:
IIRC, HOSTCC refers to the C compiler on the and for the build host, i. e. when running on a x86 system it will create x86 code. This is obviously wrong when we try to build fw_printenv for, say, a PPC4xx system.
and it is trivial for the user to say "i wish to build tools for PPC4xx userland"
Is it? And how so?
i already said multiple times how to do it: make tools env HOSTCC=bfin-uclinux-gcc
and that works for *all* tools instead of just some
And why would this not be the default setting, then?
i already said why it doesnt make sense to assume "one toolchain fits all" and why that requirement is fundamentally wrong. Daniel already suggested a refinement to better control intentions which isnt fundamentally broken. -mike