From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: ptp: Fix build failure on MIPS cross builds Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:35:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20141021.123544.9516812519754063.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1413794538-28465-1-git-send-email-markos.chandras@imgtec.com> <20141021110724.GA16479@netboy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: markos.chandras@imgtec.com, linux-mips@linux-mips.org, corbet@lwn.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: richardcochran@gmail.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20141021110724.GA16479@netboy> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Richard Cochran Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:07:25 +0200 > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 09:42:18AM +0100, Markos Chandras wrote: >> diff --git a/Documentation/ptp/Makefile b/Documentation/ptp/Makefile >> index 293d6c09a11f..397c1cd2eda7 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/ptp/Makefile >> +++ b/Documentation/ptp/Makefile >> @@ -1,5 +1,15 @@ >> # List of programs to build >> +ifndef CROSS_COMPILE >> hostprogs-y := testptp >> +else >> +# MIPS system calls are defined based on the -mabi that is passed >> +# to the toolchain which may or may not be a valid option >> +# for the host toolchain. So disable testptp if target architecture >> +# is MIPS but the host isn't. >> +ifndef CONFIG_MIPS >> +hostprogs-y := testptp >> +endif >> +endif > > It seems like a shame to simply give up and not compile this at all. > Is there no way to correctly cross compile this for MIPS? Yeah seriously, we should try to make this work instead of throwing our hands in the air.