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    kbuild: save ARCH & CROSS_COMPILE when building a kernel · 57554334
    Sam Ravnborg authored
    
    
    When building a kernel for a different architecture
    kbuild requires the user always to specify ARCH and
    CROSS_COMPILE on the command-line.
    
    We use the asm symlink to detect if user forgets to
    specify the correct ARCH value - but that symlink
    is about to die. And we do now want to loose this check.
    
    This patch save the settings of ARCH and CROSS_COMPILE
    in two files named:
    
        include/generated/kernel.arch
        include/generated/kernel.cross
    
    The settings are saved during "make *config" time
    and always read.
    
    If user try to change the settings we error out.
    
    This works both for plain builds and for O=...
    builds.
    
    So now you can do:
    $ mkdir sparc64
    $ make O=sparc64 ARCH=sparc64 CROSS_COMPILE=sparc64-linux- defconfig
    $ cd sparc64
    $ make
    
    Notice that you no longer need to tell kbuild
    the settings of ARCH and CROSS_COMPILE when you type make
    in the output directory.
    
    Likewise for plain builds where you do not use O=...
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
    Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
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