Re: [PATCH 0/2] poewrpc/Boot: Fix cross compiling with clang

From: Nick Desaulniers
Date: Mon Nov 05 2018 - 17:37:58 EST


On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 3:11 PM Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> These patches allow clang to cross-compile the powerpc boot wrapper.
> The boot wrapper constructs it's own compiler flags as it may not be
> built for the same arch as the kernel.

Hi Joel, thanks for the series! I'm just curious, how does the boot
wrapper run on a different arch than the kernel?

>
> The powerpc64le kernel builds natively with clang and with this patch it
> can cross compile too.
>
> Joel Stanley (2):
> Makefile: Export clang toolchain variables
> powerpc/boot: Set target when cross-compiling for clang
>
> Makefile | 3 +++
> arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile | 7 +++++++
> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> --
> 2.19.1
>


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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers