Re: "make config" to another architecture doesn't relink include/asm

[Bill Davidsen]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   should i expect this with a fresh tree on x86_64?
>
> $ make distclean
> $ make defconfig
> $ make modules_prepare
> $ ls -l include/asm
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 rpjday rpjday     7 2009-05-22 12:24 asm -> asm-x86
> $
>
>   oh, wait, i changed my mind, i want to switch architectures so start
> over:
>
> $ make clean
> $ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- omap3_beagle_defconfig
> $ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- uImage
> scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/arm/Kconfig
> include/config/auto.conf:15:warning: symbol value 'arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig' invalid for ARCH_DEFCONFIG
>   CHK     include/linux/version.h
> make[1]: `include/asm-arm/mach-types.h' is up to date.
>   CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
>   UPD     include/linux/utsrelease.h
> ERROR: the symlink include/asm points to asm-x86 but asm-arm was expected
>        set ARCH or save .config and run 'make mrproper' to fix it
> make: *** [include/asm] Error 1
>
> $ ls -l include/asm
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 rpjday rpjday 7 2009-05-22 12:24 include/asm -> asm-x86
> $
>
>   shouldn't it be sufficient that, if i do another "make ??_defconfig"
> to another architecture, all traces of the previous configure are
> erased and include/asm should be relinked automatically?
Does "make distclean" (or maybe "make mrproper") get you to really clean status?

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