From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Bill Traynor" Subject: Re: Cross Compiler and loads of issues Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:39:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <402b1f4b315f572ac6459f78fa8b5ee4.squirrel@www.geekisp.com> References: <7b740b700806121052n2f98dfa4hc96ebfc1be5b6bbf@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-Reply-To: <7b740b700806121052n2f98dfa4hc96ebfc1be5b6bbf@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Shaz Cc: linux-embedded > 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. There is no "one good way". I've had decent success building Dan Kegel's "crosstool" in the past: http://www.kegel.com/crosstool/ > > I also went through the material provided freely by Free Electron but > still I am not successful to build a custom kernel. Next I am trying > MontaVista's kit. I just wish I don't get lost. I'd continue the search for prebuilt toolchains. CodeSourcery has a Lite version of it's ARM, Coldfire, MIPS, and Power toolchains. > > Anyways, I liked the idea of Qemu based cross compiler. Is it possible > for the inexperienced to get it working and emulate the exact model > and devices. > > -- > > Shaz > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" > in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >