Re: [PATCH 0/2] poewrpc/Boot: Fix cross compiling with clang

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 3:11 PM Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> These patches allow clang to cross-compile the powerpc boot wrapper.
> The boot wrapper constructs it's own compiler flags as it may not be
> built for the same arch as the kernel.

Hi Joel, thanks for the series!  I'm just curious, how does the boot
wrapper run on a different arch than the kernel?

>
> The powerpc64le kernel builds natively with clang and with this patch it
> can cross compile too.
>
> Joel Stanley (2):
>   Makefile: Export clang toolchain variables
>   powerpc/boot: Set target when cross-compiling for clang
>
>  Makefile                   | 3 +++
>  arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile | 7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> --
> 2.19.1
>


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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers