Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:04:25 +0100 | From | Ralf Baechle <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mips: remove unecessary __linux__ check |
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 04:12:51PM +0800, liguang wrote:
> sgidefs.h has strict check for __linux__, > it seems too harsh, as far as I test, 2 cross > compiler for mips will not define it automatically, > and exit build process with error > "#error Use a Linux compiler or give up". > remove it will not hurt, I think.
My mailbox used to get flooded by people who attempted to build a kernel using something like a mips-elf, mips-sde-elf or even stranger targets. There are further differences than just the definition of __linux__ so I eventually applied this check.
Ralf
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