On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 09:17:08PM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote: > > > On 2017年08月14日 21:06, David Sterba wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 02:17:26PM +0200, Hallo32 wrote: > >> Since versions 4.12 btrfs-progs is complicated to cross compile for > >> other systems. > >> The problem is, that this version includes mktables, which needs to be > >> compiled for the host system and executed there for the creation of > >> tables.c. > >> > >> Are there any changes planed for the next version of btrfs-progs to make > >> the cross compiling as simple as in the past? A included tables.c for > >> example? > > > > Yes, keeping the generated tables.c around is fine. There's no reason it > > needs to be generated each time during build. I'll fix that in 4.12.1. > > But the number of lines and impossibility to review it makes it not > suitable to be managed by git.
I don't understand your concern. The file is generated from a set of formulas, not intended to be updated directly. > > What about using script to generate it? We do have the mktables utility to generate it and I'll regenerate it should there be a change to kernel-lib/mktables.c -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
