[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] x86: Allow 32-bit toolchain to compile 64-bit U-Boot

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 6:01 PM, Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com> wrote:

>> The subject is a bit cofusing. As I read (and as I understand) we need
>> to have 64-bit toolchain available (multilib package and so on).
>> Basically what you do is "enforcing 64-bit toolchain to be used". Right?
>>
>
> Yes, multilib package is required for 64-bit toolchain to build 32-bit
> U-Boot. Maybe the confusion comes from what we call 32-bit/64-bit
> toolchains. Or maybe we should call it pre-configured toolchain for
> building 32-bit/64-bit codes? The issue is when using kernel.org
> i386-linux-gcc to build qemu-x86_64_defconfig (64-bit U-Boot), the
> issue is seen. It's because the i386-linux-gcc is pre-configured with
> '-m32' which is for building 32-bit codes.

My point is that subject (and maybe commit message) should be massaged
a bit to avoid confusion.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko