Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tools: iio: add ability to pass kernel headers | From | Sekhar Nori <> | Date | Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:42:41 +0530 |
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Hi Jonathan, Randy,
On Friday 14 April 2017 08:53 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > On 14/04/17 16:23, Randy Dunlap wrote: >> On 04/14/17 07:42, Jonathan Cameron wrote: >>> On 11/04/17 12:06, Sekhar Nori wrote: >>>> Very often, especially when cross compiling, there is a need >>>> to pass kernel headers different from those installed on the >>>> build machine. >>>> >>>> Add support for doing this for iio utils by using the >>>> 'INSTALL_HDR_PATH' environment variable. This is supported by >>>> 'make headers_install' for installing kernel headers at a >>>> user specified location. So you will do: >>>> >>>> $ make headers_install ARCH=arm INSTALL_HDR_PATH=<absolute-path> >>>> $ make -C tools/iio ARCH=arm INSTALL_HDR_PATH=<absolute-path> >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com> >>> >>> It's a bit of an oddity as that usually refers to where to put >>> the headers rather than where they are. >>> >>> Is there a more general solution? I couldn't find anything >>> particularly consistent in tools. >> >> Whatever the solution is, it should be used for all tools/, not just iio. >> > Agreed!
Alright, I will try to come up with something more generic and post another version.
Thanks, Sekhar
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