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Re: [PATCH] tools: iio: add ability to pass kernel headers

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On 11/04/17 12:06, Sekhar Nori wrote:
> Very often, especially when cross compiling, there is a need
> to pass kernel headers different from those installed on the
> build machine.
> 
> Add support for doing this for iio utils by using the
> 'INSTALL_HDR_PATH' environment variable. This is supported by
> 'make headers_install' for installing kernel headers at a
> user specified location. So you will do:
> 
> $ make headers_install ARCH=arm INSTALL_HDR_PATH=<absolute-path>
> $ make -C tools/iio ARCH=arm INSTALL_HDR_PATH=<absolute-path>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com>

It's a bit of an oddity as that usually refers to where to put
the headers rather than where they are.

Is there a more general solution?  I couldn't find anything
particularly consistent in tools.
> ---
>  tools/iio/Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/iio/Makefile b/tools/iio/Makefile
> index 5446d625e17d..75607043d6e2 100644
> --- a/tools/iio/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/iio/Makefile
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
> -CFLAGS += -Wall -g -D_GNU_SOURCE
> +CFLAGS += -Wall -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -I$(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/include
>  
>  BINDIR=usr/bin
>  INSTALL_PROGRAM=install -m 755 -p
> 

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[PATCH] tools: iio: add ability to pass kernel headers Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com> - 2017-04-11 13:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] tools: iio: add ability to pass kernel headers Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> - 2017-04-14 16:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] tools: iio: add ability to pass kernel headers Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> - 2017-04-14 17:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] tools: iio: add ability to pass kernel headers Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com> - 2017-04-18 12:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] tools: iio: add ability to pass kernel headers Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com> - 2017-04-20 16:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] tools: iio: add ability to pass kernel headers Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> - 2017-04-20 17:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] tools: iio: add ability to pass kernel headers Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> - 2017-04-14 17:30 +0200

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