Kalle Valo wrote at 2009-09-28 16:54 -0500:
> Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> writes:
> > Please note that "Remove omap extra version in Makefile"
> > commit means that you now need to set the ARCH and CROSS_COMPILE
> > for your compiler.
> 
> A handy tip is to create GNUmakefile containing this:
> 
> ARCH=arm
> CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-
> include Makefile
> 
> Now you can just write 'make' to compile the kernel as before.

Great tip!

> The tip is also here:
> 
> http://elinux.org/N800#Simplify_make

I have been doing that since I noticed it at the above link.