README: quick note on how to cross compile

Signed-off-by: Aaron Carroll <aaronc@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ For gfio, you need gtk 2.18 or newer and associated glib threads
 and cairo. gfio isn't built automatically, it needs to be enabled
 with a --enable-gfio option to configure.
 
 and cairo. gfio isn't built automatically, it needs to be enabled
 with a --enable-gfio option to configure.
 

+To build FIO with a cross-compiler:
+ $ make clean
+ $ make CROSS_COMPILE=/path/to/toolchain/prefix
+Configure will attempt to determine the target platform automatically.
+

 
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 Windows
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