Re: [edk2-devel] RFC: Updating IA32/X64 cross-compilation to work like other archs

["Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 08:21:54PM -0600, Rebecca Cran wrote:
> Cross-compilation to platforms other than IA32 and X64 work by setting an
> environment variable such as GCC_AARCH64_PREFIX that contains the path/name
> of the cross-compiler without the "gcc", "objcopy" etc. suffix.
> 
> On IA32 and X64 however, the environment variable GCC_BIN has been used
> instead. With fast AArch64 and other non-x86 platforms now being available,
> I'd like to propose updating IA32 and X64 to work the same as other
> platforms by using e.g. GCC_IA32_PREFIX and GCC_X64_PREFIX.
> 
> 
> I've attached a proposed patch: I'm attaching it here to gather feedback
> before opening a PR since it does change how builds are done and I want to
> check if it's something people want to proceed with.

I think it'll be nice if edk2 is consistent here, using the same naming
scheme for all platforms, so I'm in favor of the change.

take care,
  Gerd



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