[U-Boot] [PATCH 4/4] tools/env: use host build flags

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Nov 10 20:54:17 CET 2010


Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <201011100419.10315.vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> > Mike, what _exactly_ was the reason to drop cross compilation?
> 
> nothing was "dropped".  you need to set your HOSTCC correctly for the host on 
> which you want tools to compile.

But it is WRONG to use HOSTCC for fw_* - these are _target_ tools, and
they need to be CROSS compiled.

> this is like arguing that none of the tools in tools/Makefile cross-compile.  
> they do.  i simply fixed tools/env/Makefile to operate the same.

Seems this was not a fix, but introduced an error.  Dp you agree to
revert that commit?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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