NM := $(NM) -B
LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -static -N #-relax
-CHECK := $(CHECK) -D__alpha__=1
+CHECKFLAGS += -D__alpha__
cflags-y := -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8
# Determine if we can use the BWX instructions with GAS.
endif
# Determine if GCC understands the -mcpu= option.
-have_mcpu := $(shell if $(CC) -mcpu=ev5 -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo y; else echo n; fi)
-
-have_mcpu_pca56 := $(shell if $(CC) -mcpu=pca56 -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo y; else echo n; fi)
-
-have_mcpu_ev6 := $(shell if $(CC) -mcpu=ev6 -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo y; else echo n; fi)
-
-have_mcpu_ev67 := $(shell if $(CC) -mcpu=ev67 -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo y; else echo n; fi)
-
-have_msmall_data := $(shell if $(CC) -msmall-data -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo y; else echo n; fi)
+have_mcpu := $(call cc-option-yn, -mcpu=ev5)
+have_mcpu_pca56 := $(call cc-option-yn, -mcpu=pca56)
+have_mcpu_ev6 := $(call cc-option-yn, -mcpu=ev6)
+have_mcpu_ev67 := $(call cc-option-yn, -mcpu=ev67)
+have_msmall_data := $(call cc-option-yn, -msmall-data)
cflags-$(have_msmall_data) += -msmall-data