Re: [PATCH] Allow compiling i386 with an x86-64 compiler
From: Tom Rini
Date: Mon Nov 29 2004 - 13:52:00 EST
On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 08:22:05AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> This patch adds -m32 if gcc supports it, thus making it easier to
> compile the i386 architecture with an x86-64 compiler.
>
> Note that it adds the option to CC, since it also affects assembly code
> and linking. The extra level of indirection is because $(call
> cc-option) itself uses $(CC), so just doing CC += ... would cause $(CC)
> to be recursively defined.
Just so 'bi-arch' arches look the same, I'd like to suggest (and stolen
from ppc32) something like:
HAS_BIARCH := $(call cc-option-yn, -m32)
ifeq ($(HAS_BIARCH),y)
CC := $(CC) -m32
endif
Up near the top...
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Tom Rini
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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