From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Bill Traynor" Subject: Re: Cross Compiler and loads of issues Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:52:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <57fed5a348825cf4adedcd7b4b543254.squirrel@www.geekisp.com> References: <7b740b700806121052n2f98dfa4hc96ebfc1be5b6bbf@mail.gmail.com> <402b1f4b315f572ac6459f78fa8b5ee4.squirrel@www.geekisp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-Reply-To: <402b1f4b315f572ac6459f78fa8b5ee4.squirrel@www.geekisp.com> Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Bill Traynor Cc: Shaz , 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. 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. >> >> -- >> >> 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 >> > > -- > 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 >