Re: [PATCH 2.4.25] enable cross-compilation from Mac OS X

[Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>]

Martin Schaffner writes:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > After setting up a cross-compile toolchain (using 
 > http://vserver.13thfloor.at/Stuff/Cross/) on Mac OS X 10.3.2, and 
 > applying the following patch, I was able to compile a bootable linux 
 > kernel with the command:
 > make CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/local/bin/powerpc-linux-gnu-
 > 
 > Please consider applying the patch to the main 2.4 tree.
 > 
 > I was also able to compile 2.6.1 with basically the same patch, but it 
 > required some additional fiddling with the makefiles in 
 > not-entirely-clean ways.
 > 
 > --- Makefile.old        Wed Feb 18 13:36:32 2004
 > +++ Makefile    Tue Feb 24 11:36:13 2004
 > @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 > 
 >   KERNELRELEASE=$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)
 > 
 > -ARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ -e 
 > s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/)
 > +ARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ -e 
 > s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ -e s/Power\ Macintosh/ppc/)
 >   KERNELPATH=kernel-$(shell echo $(KERNELRELEASE) | sed -e "s/-//g")
 > 
 >   CONFIG_SHELL := $(shell if [ -x "$$BASH" ]; then echo $$BASH; \

Just do
make ARCH=$ARCH CROSS_COMPILE=$CROSS_COMPILE
like we've always done when cross-compiling.

This patch is not needed.