This patch adds a feature to switch-arch so it tells you the names of the compilers is it looking for. I had just installed a cross compiler and was confused as to why switch-arch wouldn't detect it. This feature helped me figure out that the problem was with the name of the compiler I was using.
signed-off-by: John Arbuckle programmingkidx@gmail.com
Index: /Users/misbah/Desktop/openbios/trunk/openbios-devel/config/scripts/switch-arch =================================================================== --- /Users/misbah/Desktop/openbios/trunk/openbios-devel/config/scripts/switch-arch (revision 1067) +++ /Users/misbah/Desktop/openbios/trunk/openbios-devel/config/scripts/switch-arch (working copy) @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ { for TARGET in ${1}-linux-gnu- ${1}-linux- ${1}-elf- ${1}-eabi- do + echo "Trying compiler ${TARGET}gcc" if type ${TARGET}gcc > /dev/null 2>&1 then return