Hello, On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 05:25:47PM +0200, Jérôme Pouiller wrote: > One last question : In Makefile of linux kernel, HOSTCC is used to name > compiler for the build platform, no?
yes, when they say ``host program'', they mean ``binary for the system where the kernel build runs.'' The build/host/target terminology was developped for the situation when you cross-compile a cross-compiler, and then applied to all other Autoconf applications. Have a nice day, Stepan