Re: [Consult] About tool chains of metag

[Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 12/05/2013 09:57 AM, Chen Gang wrote:
> 
> Thank you very much for your details valuable information.
> 
> I will/should try my best to let it pass allmodconfig, and I guess
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/201211161520.03974.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org is valuable
> to me, and I will/should reference it.
> 

Oh, excuse me, I can not access "https://lkml.kernel.org/r/..." in
normal way in China.  :-(

Could you please provide another links which include the same contents?


Thanks.


> I will/should try to finish allmodconfig within one month, but excuse
> me, I have to do it in my free time as a volunteer, so maybe it needs
> longer (but at least, it should be finished within 2014-1-31).
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On 12/05/2013 12:23 AM, James Hogan wrote:
>> On 04/12/13 12:02, James Hogan wrote:
>>> On 04/12/13 05:45, Chen Gang wrote:
>>>> Could you provide any related information about metag tool chains?
>>>>
>>>> I plan to cross compile metag with allmodconfig, but now it seems not
>>>> quite easy to find related gcc (binutils-2.23.2 support metag, but gcc
>>>> main line does not).
>>>
>>> A buildroot tree containing a gcc-4.2.4 patch can be found here:
>>>
>>> git://github.com/img-meta/metag-buildroot.git metag-core
>>>
>>> Use meta2_defconfig
>>>
>>> There's a known issue with all/random config builds with this toolchain
>>> which results in internal compiler errors triggered by the inline asm in
>>> arch/metag/include/asm/io.h when used by certain drivers, so I need to
>>> update the patch to the latest before these will go away.
>>
>> I've pushed a new buildroot branch which has the updated GCC 4.2.4 patch:
>>
>> git://github.com/img-meta/metag-buildroot.git metag-core-2013.11
>> Again use meta2_defconfig.
>>
>> Tony: Is this something you can easily use to generate a Meta toolchain
>> for https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/?
>>
>> Thanks
>> James
>>
>>>
>>> The other main issue with all/random config builds for Meta is a few
>>> missing !METAG dependencies on legacy PC peripherals like SERIO_I8042,
>>> which I believe you've already come across for Arc.
>>>
>>> Please read this thread before attempting to fix them:
>>> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/201211161520.03974.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org
>>>
>>> I haven't got around to fixing this properly myself, but it would be a
>>> worthwhile improvement if you felt inclined to do so.
>>
> 
> 


-- 
Chen Gang

Open, share, and attitude like air, water and life which God blessed
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-metag" in
the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html