[Buildroot] compiler plugins & compiling the kernel

[Khem Raj]

On Aug 20, 2016 10:10 AM, "Kenneth Adam Miller" <kennethadammiller at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
>
> I've noticed that when the kernel is built, it appears to always be
> built with the host compiler, and not the buildroot specified cross
> compiler. Why is that?
>

Some portions are compiled for the build host. E.g. Tools. They will always
use native compiler. But the kernel proper should be using cross compiler

> In addition, for some pax related options, it requires gcc plugins for
> the version being used. That means that I would have to have plugin
> support for my host, correct? I don't believe that there is a way to
> enable plugin support for the buildroot toolchain or for crosstool. At
> least, when I looked and searched I didn't see any option that
> mentioned that. I just want to make sure that I have it correct in
> that my host compiler is being used to build the kernel.
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