$(Q)$(SHELL_PATH) util/PERF-VERSION-GEN $(OUTPUT)
$(Q)touch $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE
-CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
-LD = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
-AR = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
+# Makefiles suck: This macro sets a default value of $(2) for the
+# variable named by $(1), unless the variable has been set by
+# environment or command line. This is necessary for CC and AR
+# because make sets default values, so the simpler ?= approach
+# won't work as expected.
+define allow-override
+ $(if $(or $(findstring environment,$(origin $(1))),\
+ $(findstring command line,$(origin $(1)))),,\
+ $(eval $(1) = $(2)))
+endef
+
+# Allow setting CC and AR and LD, or setting CROSS_COMPILE as a prefix.
+$(call allow-override,CC,$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc)
+$(call allow-override,AR,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar)
+$(call allow-override,LD,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld)
+
PKG_CONFIG = $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
RM = rm -f
clean: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean config-clean
$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-objs) $(RM) $(LIB_FILE) $(OUTPUT)perf-archive $(OUTPUT)perf-with-kcore $(LANG_BINDINGS)
$(Q)find . -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
- $(Q)$(RM) .config-detected
+ $(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT).config-detected
$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-progs) $(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) perf perf-read-vdso32 perf-read-vdsox32
$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-gen) $(RM) *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h TAGS tags cscope* $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP $(OUTPUT)util/*-bison* $(OUTPUT)util/*-flex*
$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)Documentation $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) clean