This post shows you stop typing make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- O=... -j2 and just type make when building the Linux kernel.
Versions Used
linux-4.10.6 from https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.10.6.tar.xz
GNU Make 4.1 Built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (type make --version to list this)
Steps
Instead of typing:
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- O=$TOP/obj/linux-arm-versatile_defconfig -j2
You can set ARCH, CROSS_COMPILE, the output directory (O) and the number of make jobs (-j2) using environment variables (bash):
Type the following in your terminal:
export ARCH=arm
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi-
export KBUILD_OUTPUT=$TOP/obj/linux-arm-versatile_defconfig
export MAKEFLAGS=j2
Then you can just type make
References
GNU Make @ [link]