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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/mips/Kconfig.debug | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug index d3c5cc3b9c9d..515f9e611307 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug @@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ config CROSSCOMPILE bool "Are you using a crosscompiler" help Say Y here if you are compiling the kernel on a different - architecture than the one it is intended to run on. + architecture than the one it is intended to run on. This is just a + convenience option which will select the appropriate value for + the CROSS_COMPILE make variable which otherwise has to be passed on + the command line from mips-linux-, mipsel-linux-, mips64-linux- and + mips64el-linux- as appropriate for a particular kernel configuration. + You will have to pass the value for CROSS_COMPILE manually if the + name prefix for your tools is different. config CMDLINE string "Default kernel command string" |