Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Problem compiling 2.6.12 | From | Nix <> | Date | Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:08:13 +0100 |
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On 22 Jun 2005, Nick Warne stipulated: > Is it? I thought kernel didn't care what Glibc or what kernel headers you had > (that is system requirement) - it is automous. Isn't HOSTCC explicitly just > what compiler you have?
HOSTCC is a non-cross-compiler, i.e. for building userspace stuff to run on the build machine. There are a number of such things built during a normal kernel build (code generators, the config system, et al) and they use the C library just like any userspace app does.
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