Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) The problem is that the current Makefile
infrastructure doesn't have any support for building a stand-alone
binary for the target, which is why the code plays games with HOSTCC
(to use the infrastructure that does binaries for the host, but using
the target compiler).
the target compiler).
So it's all a bit hacky right now, and the hacks come back and bite us for the x86-64/i386 case.
for the x86-64/i386 case.
Linus
Linus
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the target compiler).
So it's all a bit hacky right now, and the hacks come back and bite us for the x86-64/i386 case.
for the x86-64/i386 case.
Linus
Linus
Linus