Re: [PATCH] mips: remove unecessary __linux__ check

[Ralf Baechle]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 04:12:51PM +0800, liguang wrote:

> sgidefs.h has strict check for __linux__,
> it seems too harsh, as far as I test, 2 cross
> compiler for mips will not define it automatically,
> and exit build process with error
> "#error Use a Linux compiler or give up".
> remove it will not hurt, I think.

My mailbox used to get flooded by people who attempted to build a kernel
using something like a mips-elf, mips-sde-elf or even stranger targets.
There are further differences than just the definition of __linux__ so
I eventually applied this check.

  Ralf
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