Re: [PATCH] kbuild: add script check for cross compilation utilities

2019-05-13 Thread Nick Desaulniers
On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 8:05 PM Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 11:25 AM Nathan Chancellor > wrote: > > > > Few comments below but nothing major, this seems to work fine as is. > > > > On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 01:19:21PM -0700, 'Nick Desaulniers' via Clang > > Built Linux wrote

Re: [PATCH] kbuild: add script check for cross compilation utilities

2019-05-11 Thread Masahiro Yamada
On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 11:25 AM Nathan Chancellor wrote: > > Few comments below but nothing major, this seems to work fine as is. > > On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 01:19:21PM -0700, 'Nick Desaulniers' via Clang Built > Linux wrote: > > When cross compiling via setting CROSS_COMPILE, if the prefixed to

Re: [PATCH] kbuild: add script check for cross compilation utilities

2019-05-11 Thread Masahiro Yamada
Hi. On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 5:19 AM Nick Desaulniers wrote: > > When cross compiling via setting CROSS_COMPILE, if the prefixed tools > are not found, then the host utilities are often instead invoked, and > produce often difficult to understand errors. This is most commonly the > case for devel

Re: [PATCH] kbuild: add script check for cross compilation utilities

2019-05-10 Thread Nathan Chancellor
Few comments below but nothing major, this seems to work fine as is. On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 01:19:21PM -0700, 'Nick Desaulniers' via Clang Built Linux wrote: > When cross compiling via setting CROSS_COMPILE, if the prefixed tools > are not found, then the host utilities are often instead invoked

[PATCH] kbuild: add script check for cross compilation utilities

2019-05-09 Thread Nick Desaulniers
When cross compiling via setting CROSS_COMPILE, if the prefixed tools are not found, then the host utilities are often instead invoked, and produce often difficult to understand errors. This is most commonly the case for developers new to cross compiling the kernel that have yet to install the pro