Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: Make $(LLVM) more flexible

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 3:15 AM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 10:09:03AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 10:08:14AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > Update and reorder the documentation to reflect these new additions.
> > > At the same time, notate that LLVM=0 is not the same as just omitting it
> > > altogether, which has confused people in the past.
> >
> > Is it worth making LLVM=0 actually act the way it's expected to?
>
> I don't really see the point, omitting $(LLVM) altogether is simpler.
> Why specify LLVM=0 if you want GNU tools, since it is the default?
> However, I can look into changing that in a new revision or a follow up
> if others disagree?


Changing the meaning of LLVM=0 is beyond the scope of what
we are trying to achieve now.

I think documenting it is enough.

(If we have a good reason to change it, we can. But, it should be
done in a separate patch, at least)






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Masahiro Yamada