[PATCH] have switch-arch tell you compiler name

[Programmingkid]

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

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

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

On 13/11/12 17:21, Programmingkid wrote:
> 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
> 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

For me, this would make the output of switch-arch unnecessarily verbose. 
Most of the effort goes into building a cross-compile setup, so once the 
compiler is configured this output effectively becomes noise.

I would consider a patch for an optional "-v" (verbose) argument to 
switch-arch to aid people setting up their environment though.

ATB,

Mark.