Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 22 May 2001 09:40:19 -0700 (PDT) | From | Ryan Cumming <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] include/linux/coda.h |
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On Tue, 22 May 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> If __linux__ is not defined by the cross compiler, then the cross compiler > is broken. A cross compiler has the same environment as the native compiler > for the target. The only stuff that should break (well should as in might) is > tools native built > > Or am I misunderstanding the report ?
It is not a cross compiler, it is the FreeBSD native gcc. As I understood it, Linux is a self contained project and should be targetting the native platform, not Linux on that platform. A cross compiler should not be needed unless one is building for another CPU.
The coda.h file was doing something along the lines of:
#ifdef __linux__ #ifdef __KERNEL__ /* Define things */ #endif #endif
When compiling the kernel under FreeBSD, __KERNEL__ is defined, but __linux__ is not. I think this is an error on the part of the header file, because on non-Linux build environments, which would otherwise compile the Linux kernel correctly, do not have __linux__ defined.
However, not many people will probably find much use in compiling the kernel on other platforms, so if you think this isn't worth inclusion, I totally understand. I'm in the process of porting UML to FreeBSD, and having this patch in the tree would make my job slightly easier.
-Ryan
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