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

[Bin Meng]

Hi Andy,

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 6:07 PM, Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>

Sure. Reword it as "Allow toolchains that are pre-configured to build
32-bit codes to compile 64-bit U-Boot"?

Regards,
Bin