[U-Boot] U-Boot/IXP

[Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>]

Dear Bryan Hundven,

> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
> > Dear Michael Schwingen,
> > 
> >> Am 03/05/2012 12:54 PM, schrieb Marek Vasut:
> >> > Dear Michael Schwingen,
> >> > 
> >> >> On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 02:14:56AM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> >> >>> Dear Michael Schwingen,
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> do you still intend to maintain IXP support in uboot or can all
> >> >>> those IXP boards be removed? I'd be great if you helped bringing
> >> >>> them back in-line!
> >> >> 
> >> >> I still use them and would want to keep these boards (and maintain
> >> >> them).
> >> >> 
> >> >> I only glimpse at the mailing list from time to time - are there any
> >> >> open problems with these boards that need to be addressed?
> >> > 
> >> > No, I just cannot compile it with usual arm-linux-gnueabi- toolchain
> >> > and that puts a bleep on my bug-radar. Is that normal? Do I need a
> >> > special toolchain?
> >> 
> >> I am using an old, locally built toolchain that identifies itself as
> >> gcc version 4.3.4 (crosstool-NG-hg_default at 1471_4a88cb9bfe8f)
> >> 
> >> I can take a look at this using a newer toolchain - however, I am in the
> >> process of moving, so this will probably take some weeks.
> >> 
> >> What prebuilt toolchain should I try?
> > 
> > I was more curious if it's possible for me myself to build these. And if
> > so, can that be done with usual arm-linux-gnueabi- toolchain? Or do I
> > need special armeb toolchain compiled in some special way?
> 
> I've built a new armeb xscale toolchain available here if you want to try
> it.
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/bhundven.u/files/armeb-unknown-linux-gnue
> abi.tar.bz2/download
> 
> I built it on x86_64. I can build it on 32-bit intel if you don't have
> an x86_64 build box. Let me know.
> 
> $ ct-ng show-armeb-unknown-linux-gnueabi
> armeb-unknown-linux-gnueabi  [L X]
>     OS             : linux-3.2.8
>     Companion libs : gmp-5.0.2 mpfr-3.1.0 ppl-0.11.2 cloog-ppl-0.15.11
> mpc-0.9 libelf-0.8.13
>     binutils       : binutils-2.22
>     C compiler     : gcc-4.6.3
> (C,C++,Fortran,Java,Objective-C,Objective-C++) C library      :
> eglibc-2_15
>     Tools          : dmalloc-5.5.2 duma-2_5_15 gdb-7.3a ltrace-0.5.3
> strace-4.6
> 
Ok, that's good. But can someone please answer my question (now there are two)?

1) Does usual arm-linux-gnueabi- toolchain work? (possibly if I use some switch 
to toggle arm core endianness)
2) Do I need any special options to build the toolchain?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut