[Buildroot] [PATCH] linux: kconfig needs the toolchain

[Yann E. MORIN]

Arnout, All,

On 2018-08-01 00:21 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly:
> On 31-07-18 22:16, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > Starting with linux-4.18, the kconfig from the kernel can call
> > to the compiler to test its capabilities; see:
> > 
> >     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/scripts/Kconfig.include
> > 
> > Like is done in the kconfig-package infra for the dependency on
> > $(1)-patch, we use an order-only prerequisites on the toolchain,
> > to guarantee the compiler is available before we can display the
> > kconfig of the kernel.
>  You actually want to say here why an order-only dependency and not a normal
> dependency: "Since 'toolchain' is a phony target and therefore always out of
> date, a normal dependency would cause the .config target to be rebuilt on each
> invocation of make."

ACK

> > Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> > Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
> > Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be>
> > ---
> >  linux/linux.mk | 7 +++++++
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
> > index 7527b11673..63c649ce83 100644
> > --- a/linux/linux.mk
> > +++ b/linux/linux.mk
> > @@ -510,6 +510,13 @@ endif # BR_BUILDING
> >  
> >  $(eval $(kconfig-package))
> >  
> > +# Starting with linux-4.18, the kconfig in the kernel calls
> > +# the cross-compiler to check its capabilities. So we need
> > +# the toolchain before we can call our configurators.
> > +# Also, since we need LINUX_DIR, we must be after the call
> > +# to kconfig-package, above.
> > +$(LINUX_DIR)/.config: | toolchain
> 
>  I think we want to avoid using LINUX_DIR, and instead use LINUX_SRCDIR or
> LINUX_BUILDDIR, no? For the eventual source/build directory split?

Well, LINUX_DIR is already used below, for the rules doing the rebuild
with the initramfs.

And I don't want to mix-n-match the variables just yet...

But if the consensus from others point toward using LINUX_BUILDDIR, then
I'll change.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

>  Regards,
>  Arnout
> 
> > +
> >  # Support for rebuilding the kernel after the cpio archive has
> >  # been generated.
> >  .PHONY: linux-rebuild-with-initramfs
> > 
> 
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