On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 09:32:23AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 03:02:17 +0100
> Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 01:11:49PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 11:04:36AM +0100, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> > > > Thomas Bächler schrieb:
> > > > >
> > > > > I just remembered, a friend of mine got it to compile with the
> > > > > exact same toolchain, but with a different configuration (which
> > > > > I don't have). He used a snapshot tarball from yesterday
> > > > > though, not the git tree.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I found the problem and eliminated it. While this is my own
> > > > fault, it is still a bug in either the kernel or the build
> > > > system: I had CFLAGS set to "-Wall -O3 -march=native -pipe". I
> > > > always thought the kernel would ignore those and set its own
> > > > CFLAGS, but I was wrong. Either the -O3 or the -march=native
> > > > break the build process on gcc 4.2.2.
> > > >
> > > The kernel will now honour the users CFLAGS setting as you just
> > > discovered. The flags will be appended to the flags specified by
> > > the kernel.
> > >...
>
> I think we can solve a ton of issues if we don't make the CFLAGS
> *append* but just *prepend*. That way, if the KConfig overrides a
> certain CFLAG, that sticks... since gcc picks the last one in case of
> conflicting options. That gives us both the honoring of cflags, and the
> principle of least surprise in that KConfig options are honored...
CFLAGS="-I/usr/include -I/usr/local/dist/include"
I think the solution with KCFLAGS that is in 2.6.24-rc2 is the best one.
cu
Adrian
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