Re: cross-compilers

Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-10T10:49:13Z

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 06:19:21AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 06:12, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-04-10 01:47:50 +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> >> I've started a build-bot like script for binutils + GCC from CVS/GIT.
> >> If it builds through, I'll start uploading i686 hosted compilers
> >> later on today.
> >
> > So... I've now build trunk kernel-only cross-compilers (hosted on
> > i686) for these targets:
> >
> >        bfin-uclinux.tar.bz2
>
> we already host up-to-date Blackfin compilers on the Blackfin website:
> http://blackfin.uclinux.org/gf/project/toolchain/frs/
>
> and we build for a variety of platforms ... atm that is x86, x86_64,
> ia64, and ppc
>
> we also provide for simple distro integration:
> - Gentoo has ebuilds in-tree
> - deb based distros can use "deb
> http://download.analog.com/27516/distros/debian stable main"
> - rpms are available at the link above (fedora/suse/etc...)
> - tarballs are available at the link above (everyone else)
>
> not sure it can get much easier than that for installing the Blackfin
> toolchain ;)
It can...
I'm after a one-stop place where we can locate cross compilers
for all architectures that Linux supports so it is a much simpler
task to actaully try to build our changes for as many architectures
as we supports.

And please host them on kernel.org - preferably as an update
of Vegards pages.

Sam