Public bug reported:

[Impact]
linux-riscv-5.8 needs to be built with gcc-10 in Focal otherwise it won't boot. 
This was fixed by commit "UBUNTU: [Packaging] Use gcc-10 for riscv 5.8 kernel 
build", which adds gcc-10 as "Build-Depends-Arch" and sets a variable "gcc" in 
'debian/rules', which is passed down to make by 
'debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk'.

The other gcc version dependency is when we generate locally the kernel
configs by running 'make syncconfig', which is called by
'debian/scripts/misc/kernelconfig'. Currently, the syncconfig is called
using the chroot default compiler, which in Focal is gcc-9. So far there
hasn't been any major differences, however with the update of gcc-10 in
Groovy and Focal from 10.2.0 to 10.3.0 some KASAN related config options
are not available anymore, causing some changes on the configs
generated. The problem with non-matching gcc versions being used, is
that there will be a mismatch between the configs being generated during
the preparation of the kernel and the ones during the build.

[Fix]
The proposed fix is to use the same variable defined for the build, passing it 
down to 'debian/scripts/misc/kernelconfig' and using it to define the correct 
cross-compiler to be used.

[Where problems could occur]
If the environment variables are not set correctly the build can break in some 
environment which was not tested.

** Affects: linux-riscv-5.8 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: linux-riscv-5.8 (Ubuntu Focal)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza (kleber-souza)
         Status: In Progress

** Also affects: linux-riscv-5.8 (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: linux-riscv-5.8 (Ubuntu Focal)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Kleber Sacilotto de Souza (kleber-souza)

** Changed in: linux-riscv-5.8 (Ubuntu Focal)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: linux-riscv-5.8 (Ubuntu Focal)
       Status: Confirmed => In Progress

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Title:
  gcc version used for kernel configs doesn't match the one used for
  builds

Status in linux-riscv-5.8 package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux-riscv-5.8 source package in Focal:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  linux-riscv-5.8 needs to be built with gcc-10 in Focal otherwise it won't 
boot. This was fixed by commit "UBUNTU: [Packaging] Use gcc-10 for riscv 5.8 
kernel build", which adds gcc-10 as "Build-Depends-Arch" and sets a variable 
"gcc" in 'debian/rules', which is passed down to make by 
'debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk'.

  The other gcc version dependency is when we generate locally the
  kernel configs by running 'make syncconfig', which is called by
  'debian/scripts/misc/kernelconfig'. Currently, the syncconfig is
  called using the chroot default compiler, which in Focal is gcc-9. So
  far there hasn't been any major differences, however with the update
  of gcc-10 in Groovy and Focal from 10.2.0 to 10.3.0 some KASAN related
  config options are not available anymore, causing some changes on the
  configs generated. The problem with non-matching gcc versions being
  used, is that there will be a mismatch between the configs being
  generated during the preparation of the kernel and the ones during the
  build.

  [Fix]
  The proposed fix is to use the same variable defined for the build, passing 
it down to 'debian/scripts/misc/kernelconfig' and using it to define the 
correct cross-compiler to be used.

  [Where problems could occur]
  If the environment variables are not set correctly the build can break in 
some environment which was not tested.

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