From: Markos Chandras <Markos.Chandras@imgtec.com>
To: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Cc: <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
<netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Peter Foley <pefoley2@pefoley.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: ptp: Fix build failure on MIPS cross builds
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:03:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <544659B1.6070509@imgtec.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141021125240.GB16479@netboy>
On 10/21/2014 01:52 PM, Richard Cochran wrote:
> (adding Peter Foley to CC ...)
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 01:11:22PM +0100, Markos Chandras wrote:
>> On 10/21/2014 12:07 PM, Richard Cochran wrote:
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Richard
>>>
>>
>> As far as I can see you don't cross-compile the file. You use the host
>> toolchain.
>
> Look at Documentation/ptp/testptp.mk. There I do use $CROSS_COMPILE.
Hmm I can't see this testptp.mk file in the mainline. What tree are you
referring to?
markos linux (master) $ grep -r CROSS_COMPILE Documentation/ptp/*
markos linux (master) $
--
markos
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-21 13:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-20 8:42 [PATCH] Documentation: ptp: Fix build failure on MIPS cross builds Markos Chandras
2014-10-21 11:07 ` Richard Cochran
2014-10-21 12:11 ` Markos Chandras
2014-10-21 12:52 ` Richard Cochran
2014-10-21 13:03 ` Markos Chandras [this message]
2014-10-21 13:39 ` Richard Cochran
2014-10-21 16:35 ` David Miller
2014-10-21 16:58 ` David Daney
2014-10-21 18:27 ` Richard Cochran
2014-10-21 22:04 ` Peter Foley
2014-10-22 8:03 ` Richard Cochran
2014-10-22 14:09 ` Peter Foley
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