On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:19 AM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 10/12/2010 09:04 PM, Blue Swirl wrote:
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
>>> index ff7f787..a789e2d 100644
>>> --- a/tests/Makefile
>>> +++ b/tests/Makefile
>>> @@ -64,11 +64,21 @@ linux-test: linux-test.c
>>>        $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $<  -lm
>>>
>>>  # speed test
>>> +ifeq ($(shell uname -m), x86_64)
>>> +CC_I386 = $(CC) -m32
>>> +else
>>> +ifeq ($(shell uname -m), i386)
>>> +CC_I386 = $(CC)
>>> +else
>>> +CC_I386 = i386-pc-linux-gnu-$(CC)
>>> +endif
>>> +endif
>>
>> I'd move this logic to configure.
>
> I can do that, but it seemed overengineered for a variable that's only
> needed only in one makefile rule, and furthermore a rule that will be
> invoked manually by the user.  In fact I was tempted to hardcode
> "CC_I386=$(CC) -m32" which would work on x86_64 and i386 (and leave the task
> of overriding it to the user).

That part in configure could be extended to handle other targets as
well. If Alpha, ARM, CRIS, or MIPS (cross-)compilers are available, we
can easily build tests for those too. In the original Makefile
location, this would be a mess.

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