Re: [PATCH] remove target_os

[Robert Millan]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 08:57:10PM +0100, Christian Franke wrote:
> But even if GRUB itself is build for some $target_cpu-$target_vendor 
> (i386-pc), the target_os is not useless if cross-compilation support is 
> desired:
> 
> - GRUB tools like grub-setup are build for the target_os
> - Package structure may depend on target_os.

That would be host_os.  Consider this example: a system running on cpu
FOO cross-compiles grub (i.e. stuff like grub-probe or grub-mkimage)
so that it will run on cpu BAR.  However, grub-mkimage should generate
images for cpu BAZ (accordingly, the modules are built for BAZ too).

This means build_cpu=FOO host_cpu=BAR target_cpu=BAZ.

host_os, then, is the OS that runs on BAR.  It isn't necessarily related
to BAZ.

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