From: David Chirgwin <dchirgwin@bluechiptechnology.co.uk>
To: Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
Cc: meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org
Subject: Re: yocto SDK for imx6 sabrelite board. (armel vs armhf)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:41:35 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <500882208.408376.1407940895941.JavaMail.root@bluechiptechnology.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53EB74A0.3050804@mlbassoc.com>
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Thomas" <gary@mlbassoc.com>
> To: meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 August, 2014 3:22:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] yocto SDK for imx6 sabrelite board. (armel vs armhf)
>
> On 2014-08-13 08:15, ss infod wrote:
> > Does anyone have any input on this ?
> >
> > Thanks
> > ssinfod
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 8:02 AM, ssinfod ssinfod <ssinfod@gmail.com
> > <mailto:ssinfod@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just built an image with SDK for the imx6 sabrelite. (ie:
> > MACHINE ??= 'imx6qsabrelite')
> > Command: bitbake core-image-full-cmdline -c populate_sdk
> >
> > I noticed that the SDK toolchain is based on "gnueabi" instead
> > of "gnueabihf".
> >
> > Here is the list from the opt directory:
> > dev@dev-i3:/opt/poky/1.6+snapshot$ ls
> > environment-setup-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi
> > site-config-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi
> > sysroots
> > version-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi
> > dev@dev-i3:/opt/poky/1.6+snapshot$
> > version-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi
> >
> > I thought that the imx6 was a armhf device.
> > Why is the default toolchain using "gnueabi" and not
> > "gnueabihf" for the sabrelite target ?
> >
> > Is there a way to change the SDK to use gnueabihf ?
> >
> > In fact, I find it scary that the default toolchain is not
> > armhf. What is the reason behind that ?
> > Is it because of the video (GPU/VPU) driver ?
>
> What makes you think it's not HF already? (hint - the hf is
> part of the CPU model cortexa9hf)
>
You can try this test if you are unsure:
readelf -A /proc/self/exe
If the text "Tag_ABI_VFP_args" is present, then the system is using ARMHF. Otherwise it will be ARMEL.
Dave C
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-12 12:02 yocto SDK for imx6 sabrelite board. (armel vs armhf) ssinfod ssinfod
2014-08-13 14:15 ` ss infod
2014-08-13 14:22 ` Gary Thomas
2014-08-13 14:41 ` David Chirgwin [this message]
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