Re: [PATCH] tools lib api: respect CROSS_COMPILE for the linker

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 12:16:23PM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf escreveu:
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 01:45:22PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 11:38:15AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf escreveu:
> > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 01:25:47PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Which is different from what the kernel does in its main Makefile:

> > # Make variables (CC, etc...)
> > AS              = $(CROSS_COMPILE)as
> > LD              = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
> > CC              = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc

> > I wonder if we could settle in one of these styles or if there is really
> > a reason to be creative :-)

> > Better, all this could go to tools/scripts/Makefile.include?
 
> Yeah, I agree that it would be good to come up with a common and
> consistent approach tools-wide if possible.

<SNOP>
> So 'allow-override' would probably be a good option.

Humm, my preference is to make tools/ look like the kernel, and the
kernel doesn't use that allow-override thing, right? So perhaps add what
is missing to make it look exactly like the kernel and then ditch this
allow-override thing?

What about having all this in a single place in tools/script/?

- Arnaldo