Re: Cross Compiler and loads of issues

["Bill Traynor" <wmat@naoi.ca>]

>> 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.

I should have pointed this out before, but there is a useful Toolchains
wiki page here:  http://elinux.org/Toolchains

Feel free to contribute findings to that page.

>
>>
>> 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.
>>
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>> Shaz
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