Hi all,

I need to pass some parameters to gcc typically --march=i486. Is it possible if i compile some program using configure/make to pass that parameter??

I have been searching and found CFLAGS but what if the makefile doesn't make use of that variable??

I think you can just add the CFLAGS variable into the Makefile, like this:

Then, if you assign cflags in the environment, it will append the -O2 (for example) to whatever the environment defines. I've done it with some pretty simple makefiles. CFLAGS is just an environment variable, so just add it into the compile line(s).

The problem is that I don't just need to add flags to simple makefile. I have a makefile generated by configure for ready made driver. And it's so complicated for me. I can't figure out who goes where. but i only need to pass that argument for every compilation line. Which I don't even find. :s

I haven't tried that myself, but there should be a Makefile.in which configure uses as a template for the Makefile. In that file, there should be a line which starts with "COMPILE = $(CC)". I've checked 2 makefiles on separate programs and they both have it. You should be able to add $(CFLAGS) to the end of that line. There is a "proper" way, but this might work.

Well. I have searched for Makefile.in but didn't find any :'(

I think it depends on the one implementing the Makefile. They use whatever they like. For famous open source software they would be more standardized.

Makefiles are stamdardised, else the interpretter wouldn't be able to read them. grep your Makefile for CFLAGS. If it doesn't show a single response, then you're stuck, if it does, ass
etc.

Well. I have done that. and seems it's working. But I still have a problem. I am trying to compile kernel module for i486sx processor with kernel 2.6.24

The development system is Ubuntu 8.04 with 2.6.16 kernel

After throwing the compiled module on the target I am getting this error:
That's the output of dmesg
So is it only a kernel version problem or does the 586 and 486 also means different architectures??

And if it's a kernel version problem. Is there a way to link to that specific kernel version??

Thanks all in advance. I will keep searching. And I will update here if i found anything. I am really stucked on this one cause we purchased the wifi module for the pc/104 and I need to get it working...

ahhh btw they weren't using the CFLAGS but found them using a different variable called EXTRA_CFLAGS and that's the one I have appended the -march=i486 to.

Just for later reference.