Re: [PATCH] tools: fix cross-compile var export

[Martin Kelly]

On 01/07/2018 11:04 AM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> [Re: [PATCH] tools: fix cross-compile var export] On 07/01/2018 (Sun 10:31) Martin Kelly wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > With the change, we add do CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc if and only if CC is not
> > already set. I'm happy to add all these details to the commit description.
>
> That is probably a step in the right direction.  I contribute to yocto
> on a regular basis and hence am sympathetic to these frustrating SDK
> type issues.  But after a quick scan of this patch it wasn't obvious to
> me that existing behaviour was preserved, or that it would be a pain to
> separate it into chunks. (key word here being "quick")
>
> So I'd recommend updating the commit log, and adding a Cc: line for the
> maintainers of each subsystem below, and then if nobody complains you
> might get akpm to pick it up as he does for other patches w/o a clear
> maintainer or subsystem.
>
> P

Thanks, I have done so. I also contribute to Yocto and indeed, SDK 
issues are all-to-common.