Re: `make checkstack' and cross-compilation

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Jeff Dike wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 02:58:16PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Makefile has:
> > | # Use $(SUBARCH) here instead of $(ARCH) so that this works for UML.
> > | # In the UML case, $(SUBARCH) is the name of the underlying
> > | # architecture, while for all other arches, it is the same as $(ARCH).
> > | checkstack:
> > |         $(OBJDUMP) -d vmlinux $$(find . -name '*.ko') | \
> > |         $(PERL) $(src)/scripts/checkstack.pl $(SUBARCH)
> > 
> > While this may fix `make checkstack' for UML, it breaks cross-compilation.
> > E.g. when cross-compiling for PPC on ia32, ARCH=powerpc, but SUBARCH=i386.
> > 
> > Probably it should use SUBARCH if ARCH=um, and ARCH otherwise?
> 
> Whoops, you're right.  
> 
> Do you have a patch?  If not, I'll make one.

No.

> And, do you have a cross-compilation environment which tests this?

Yes :-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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