If you build using O=builddir ARCH=bar, you'll currently need to supply ARCH= on builds from the builddir, too. With this patch, the generated Makefile will do that instead.
make ARCH= will still override the Makefile default, allowing existing scripts to work correctly. Signed-Off-By: Bodo Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Changed from previous submission: Documentation is now as intended diff -X dontdiff -pruN linux-2.6.22/Makefile linux-2.6.22.changed/Makefile --- linux-2.6.22/Makefile 2007-07-11 23:15:33.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.22.changed/Makefile 2007-07-12 02:59:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ PHONY += outputmakefile outputmakefile: ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),) $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile \ - $(srctree) $(objtree) $(VERSION) $(PATCHLEVEL) + $(srctree) $(objtree) $(VERSION) $(PATCHLEVEL) $(ARCH) endif # To make sure we do not include .config for any of the *config targets diff -X dontdiff -pruN linux-2.6.22/scripts/mkmakefile linux-2.6.22.changed/scripts/mkmakefile --- linux-2.6.22/scripts/mkmakefile 2006-11-29 22:57:37.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.22.changed/scripts/mkmakefile 2007-07-12 03:03:49.000000000 +0200 @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ # $2 - Output directory # $3 - version # $4 - patchlevel +# $5 - arch test ! -r $2/Makefile -o -O $2/Makefile || exit 0 @@ -21,16 +22,17 @@ PATCHLEVEL = $4 KERNELSRC := $1 KERNELOUTPUT := $2 +ARCH := $5 MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory .PHONY: all \$(MAKECMDGOALS) all: - \$(MAKE) -C \$(KERNELSRC) O=\$(KERNELOUTPUT) + \$(MAKE) -C \$(KERNELSRC) O=\$(KERNELOUTPUT) ARCH=\$(ARCH) Makefile:; \$(filter-out all Makefile,\$(MAKECMDGOALS)) %/: - \$(MAKE) -C \$(KERNELSRC) O=\$(KERNELOUTPUT) \$@ + \$(MAKE) -C \$(KERNELSRC) O=\$(KERNELOUTPUT) ARCH=\$(ARCH) \$@ EOF -- The tough part about being an officer is that the troops don't know what they want, but they know for certain what they DON'T want. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/