Re: Cross Compiler and loads of issues

[Shaz <shazalive@gmail.com>]

It's nice to see we have so many options and related people and pros
to it are available around.

IMO there should be some sort of effort to standardize the tool-chains
and build environments coherently with the kernel. I think its a prime
time to work around all the possibilities and standardize so that a
collaborative effort similar to Linux kernel can be set ahead. I think
thats the objective of this list too. Any plans yet sorted out?

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Wookey <wookey@wookware.org> wrote:
>
> 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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Shaz