[commit: ghc] wip/angerman/win32-cross: Compile with `--via-asm` when cross compiling. (bd2484a)

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On branch  : wip/angerman/win32-cross
Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/bd2484a99296d19b945acf9d16a0a290460f8e5b/ghc

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commit bd2484a99296d19b945acf9d16a0a290460f8e5b
Author: Moritz Angermann <moritz.angermann at gmail.com>
Date:   Wed Feb 21 16:43:16 2018 +0800

    Compile with `--via-asm` when cross compiling.
    
    This requires a bumped hsc2hs.


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bd2484a99296d19b945acf9d16a0a290460f8e5b
 mk/config.mk.in | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mk/config.mk.in b/mk/config.mk.in
index e5ec04a..26b07f3 100644
--- a/mk/config.mk.in
+++ b/mk/config.mk.in
@@ -649,8 +649,12 @@ $(eval $(call set_stage_HSC2HS_OPTS,0))
 $(eval $(call set_stage_HSC2HS_OPTS,1))
 $(eval $(call set_stage_HSC2HS_OPTS,2))
 ifeq "$(CrossCompiling)" "YES"
-SRC_HSC2HS_OPTS_STAGE1 += --cross-compile
-SRC_HSC2HS_OPTS_STAGE2 += --cross-compile
+# We'll assume we compile with gcc or clang, and both support `-S` and can as such use the
+# --via-asm pass, which should be faster and is required for cross compiling to windows, as
+# the c compiler complains about non-constant expressions even though they are constant and
+# end up as constants in the assembly.
+SRC_HSC2HS_OPTS_STAGE1 += --cross-compile --via-asm
+SRC_HSC2HS_OPTS_STAGE2 += --cross-compile --via-asm
 endif
 SRC_HSC2HS_OPTS_STAGE0 += --cflag=-D$(HostArch_CPP)_HOST_ARCH --cflag=-D$(HostOS_CPP)_HOST_OS
 SRC_HSC2HS_OPTS_STAGE1 += --cflag=-D$(TargetArch_CPP)_HOST_ARCH --cflag=-D$(TargetOS_CPP)_HOST_OS