Re: Cross Compiler and loads of issues

[Wookey <wookey@wookware.org>]

On 2008-06-12 22:52 +0500, Shaz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have been following "Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s)" and
> felt like asking that is there one good way to get a cross compiler
> work. I tried buildroot, scratchbox and even openMoko with
> openEmbedded but all of them had lots of issues and don't know which
> will be the best alternative.

'issues' are generally par for the course. It's a difficult problem.
I've generally found buildroot the least-painful of the above, largely
because it targets a relatively small section of the problem-space. 

For completeness I should also mention that Embedded Debian provides
yet another option. I will not claim that it will have fewer issues
than the above. http://www.emdebian.org/emdebian/intro.html

I'm not sure if you are really asking about toolchains or build-systems?
The former is fairly reliably solved. For a debian-based box just
install pre-built cross toolchians from emdebian:
http://www.emdebian.org/tools/crosstools.html
(from i386, amd64, powerpc; to: nearly all debian-supported
architectures, gcc3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3)
http://www.emdebian.org/toolchains/search.php?section=devel gives more
details.

emdebian-tools also provides the debian equivalent of crosstool
('emchain' to build your own version of current current toolchain,
should a suitable pre-built one not exist.

For non-debian boxes other people seem to have listed the options so I
won't repeat (and it's not my area of expertise).

Wookey (Emdebian 'Chief bullshitter' - bias alert. The toolchains are
great though, really.)
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