[PATCH 1/2] build: fix prefix for Clang when CROSS_COMPILE is an absolute path

Dmitrii Sharshakov d3dx12.xx at gmail.com
Sat Nov 8 21:48:46 CET 2025


Clang cross-compilation worked when cross binutils were available
in PATH. However, when binutils are not in the PATH clang failed to
discover the assembler, falling back to host one.

Make --prefix always absolute, Clang supports this and will search for
e.g. $(prefix)-as for assembler. This makes sure user does not have to
add cross binutils to PATH for Clang build.

Fixes build for these examples (with qemu_arm(64)_defconfig):

make CC=clang-21 CROSS_COMPILE=/.../bin/arm-none-eabi-
make CC=clang-20 CROSS_COMPILE=/.../bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-

Also validated for the case when provided with cross toolchain on PATH:

PATH=/.../bin:$PATH make CC=clang-21 CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-eabi- -j20

This patch does not affect GCC builds, and they have _not_ been
validated against regressions.

Reported-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20251106221355.GZ6688@bill-the-cat/
Signed-off-by: Dmitrii Sharshakov <d3dx12.xx at gmail.com>
---
 Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 62a24e38283..cca82a01843 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ ifneq ($(shell $(CC) --version 2>&1 | head -n 1 | grep clang),)
 ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
 CLANG_FLAGS	:= --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
 GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR := $(dir $(shell which $(CROSS_COMPILE)elfedit))
-CLANG_FLAGS	+= --prefix=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR)
+CLANG_FLAGS	+= --prefix=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR)$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))-
 GCC_TOOLCHAIN	:= $(realpath $(GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/..)
 endif
 ifneq ($(GCC_TOOLCHAIN),)

-- 
2.51.1



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