[Buildroot] [PATCH] core: fix setting of HOSTARCH

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 09-11-15 20:00, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Currently, we set HOSTARCH to the output of `uname -m`. This gives us
> the architecture as seen by the running kernel. For example, we would
> end up with 'x86_64' for a 64-bit kernel running on an x86_64 processor.
> 
> We use that value to determine whether we can run some binary tools,
> like our pre-configured external toolchains.
> 
> However, one may be running a userland in a different bitness than that
> of the running kernel. For example, one may run in a 32-bit chroot, even
> though the kernel is running in 64-bit.
> 
> Up until recently, this was not an issue because the pre-configured
> external toolchains were all requiring an i386 (x86 in Buildroot
> parlance).
> 
> But since w eintroduced the latest Linaro toolchains, we now have
> toolchains that require a 64-bit userland.
> 
> So, when running on a 64-bit kernel, we believe those toolchains are
> available, even when the user is running a 32-bit userland. This causes
> build failures for our autobuilders, like so:
> 
>     http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/9cd/9cdf10ec5b31144b2e03ea09cf128702339895b3/
> 
> with the following symptoms:
> 
>     >>> toolchain-external undefined Configuring
>     Cannot execute cross-compiler '/home/test/autobuild/instance-3/output/host/opt/ext-toolchain/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc'
> 
> So, instead of relying on the output of `uname -r`, look for the host
> gcc and extract the target it was configured to generate code for.
> 
> Fixes:
>     http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/9cd/9cdf10ec5b31144b2e03ea09cf128702339895b3/  (aarch64)
>     http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/888/8889aa7d9fb48370e4760a6edbc6d3ae945f02f2/  (arm)
>     and many more...
> 
> Besides fixing those issues, it will also allow us to add the 64-bit
> variants of toolchains when they exist, like the upcoming Codescape
> MTI and IMG toolchains for MIPS from Imagination Technologies.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>

Reviewed-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>

 But see below.

> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> Cc: Vicente Olivert Riera <Vincent.Riera at imgtec.com>
> ---
>  Makefile | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 80c264f..4c7ddf5 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -52,15 +52,31 @@ ifneq ($(firstword $(sort $(RUNNING_MAKE_VERSION) $(MIN_MAKE_VERSION))),$(MIN_MA
>  $(error You have make '$(RUNNING_MAKE_VERSION)' installed. GNU make >= $(MIN_MAKE_VERSION) is required)
>  endif
>  
> -export HOSTARCH := $(shell uname -m | \
> -	sed -e s/i.86/x86/ \
> -	    -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
> -	    -e s/arm.*/arm/ \
> -	    -e s/sa110/arm/ \
> -	    -e s/ppc64/powerpc64/ \
> -	    -e s/ppc/powerpc/ \
> -	    -e s/macppc/powerpc/\
> -	    -e s/sh.*/sh/)
> +# Determine the userland we are running on.
> +#
> +# Note that, despite its name, we are not interested in the actual
> +# architecture name. This is mostly used to determine whether some
> +# of the binary tools (e.g. pre-built external toolchains) can run
> +# on the current host. So we need to know if the userland we're
> +# running on can actually run those toolchains.
> +#
> +# For example, a 64-bit prebuilt toolchain will not run on a 64-bit
> +# kernel if the userland is 32-bit (e.g. in a chroot for example).
> +#
> +# So, we extract the first part of the tuple the host gcc was
> +# configured to generate code for; we assume this is our userland.
> +#
> +export HOSTARCH := $(shell gcc -v 2>&1 | \
> +	sed -e '/^Target: \([^-]*\).*/!d' \
> +	    -e 's//\1/' \
> +	    -e 's/i.86/x86/' \
> +	    -e 's/sun4u/sparc64/' \
> +	    -e 's/arm.*/arm/' \
> +	    -e 's/sa110/arm/' \
> +	    -e 's/ppc64/powerpc64/' \
> +	    -e 's/ppc/powerpc/' \
> +	    -e 's/macppc/powerpc/' \
> +	    -e 's/sh.*/sh/' )

 Since what we get here already are gcc tuples, the de-mangling shouldn't be
needed, right?


 Regards,
 Arnout

>  
>  # Parallel execution of this Makefile is disabled because it changes
>  # the packages building order, that can be a problem for two reasons:
> 


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