Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Replace signrom with shell script v3

[Anthony Liguori]

Blue Swirl wrote:
> On 7/2/09, Blue Swirl <address@hidden> wrote:
>   
> > On 7/1/09, Alexander Graf <address@hidden> wrote:
> >  > In order to not execute code we just compiled, let's replace signrom
> >  >  with a shell script that does the same thing while staying compatible
> >  >  to pretty much every system available.
> >  >
> >  >  This should make cross-compilation for windows easier.
> >
> >
> > Why don't you use $(HOST_CC) to compile the signrom binary?
> >
> >     
>
> Like with this patch? Fixes Mingw32 compile for me.
>   

If you're cross compiling, HOST_CC is the wrong compiler to use for the 
ROM build.  For instance, if you were on a PPC host building an i386 
QEMU package.

Building signrom with HOST_CC may be reasonable.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori