From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from oss.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6DCDcRw028720 for ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 05:13:38 -0700 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.3/Submit) id g6DCDcBL028719 for linux-mips-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 05:13:38 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: oss.sgi.com: majordomo set sender to owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com using -f Received: from lahoo.mshome.net (vsat-148-63-243-254.c004.g4.mrt.starband.net [148.63.243.254]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id g6DCDNRw028710 for ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 05:13:25 -0700 Received: from prefect.mshome.net ([192.168.0.76] helo=prefect) by lahoo.mshome.net with smtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17TLoD-0002ls-00; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 08:15:33 -0400 Message-ID: <003c01c22a67$0aab1ee0$4c00a8c0@prefect> From: "Bradley D. LaRonde" To: "Kevin D. Kissell" , References: <023e01c22a5e$c013f120$10eca8c0@grendel> Subject: Re: Gcc v2.96 versus Trolltech QtEmbedded Window System Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 08:15:56 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests= version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk I've built qt 2.3.2 with various toolchains that I've built myself. Most recently I built qt 2.3.2 for mipsel with binutils 2.12, gcc 3.1, and glibc 2.4. Here is how I build my toolchains: http://www.ltc.com/~brad/mips/mips-cross-toolchain I configure qt starting like this: ./configure -xplatform linux-mips-g++ Regards, Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin D. Kissell" To: Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 7:15 AM Subject: Gcc v2.96 versus Trolltech QtEmbedded Window System > I am trying to build the GPL version of the Trolltech > QT embedded windowing system on my Malta, using > what I believe to be H.J. Lu's most recent tool chain: > > [root@localhost release-emb-generic]# g++ -v > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/mipsel-redhat-linux-gnu/2.96/specs > gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110.1) > > The QT build process is a little unusual - the configure > script causes a fairly huge (640KB) C++ source file > to be generated, which is then thrown at the compiler. > I would expect that to take a while, but after about > 20 hours with zero output passed to the assembler > stage (it runs with -pipe) and the gradual accretion > of about 90MB of virtual memory (on my poor 32MB > system) I concluded that it was probably trapped in > an infinite loop. As I have seen this sort of thing occur > in the past in optimizer stages, I hacked the makefile > to replace -O2 with -O0. It hasn't run for 20 hours > at -O0 yet, but after a couple of hours the memory > allocation dynamic looks to be the same, only faster > (72MB after only a couple of hours), so I'm not > optimistic. > > My questions to the assembled panel of experts are: > > Are there known problems with gcc 2.96.110.1 in > this regard? > > Is there a native toolchain that would be more > likely to be able to handle the build of QT? > I'm considering trying the 2.95 set on Maciej's > site out of desperation. > > Has anyone succeeded in building QT Embedded > for mips(el) Linux, either native or using cross-tools? > > Regards, > > Kevin K. > > From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <003c01c22a67$0aab1ee0$4c00a8c0@prefect> From: "Bradley D. LaRonde" References: <023e01c22a5e$c013f120$10eca8c0@grendel> Subject: Re: Gcc v2.96 versus Trolltech QtEmbedded Window System Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 08:15:56 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com To: "Kevin D. Kissell" , linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <20020713121556.k5mKi4k0NblRHaijo_pi9ZmUZNP6sIVtTVDGbU_JaXE@z> I've built qt 2.3.2 with various toolchains that I've built myself. Most recently I built qt 2.3.2 for mipsel with binutils 2.12, gcc 3.1, and glibc 2.4. Here is how I build my toolchains: http://www.ltc.com/~brad/mips/mips-cross-toolchain I configure qt starting like this: ./configure -xplatform linux-mips-g++ Regards, Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin D. Kissell" To: Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 7:15 AM Subject: Gcc v2.96 versus Trolltech QtEmbedded Window System > I am trying to build the GPL version of the Trolltech > QT embedded windowing system on my Malta, using > what I believe to be H.J. Lu's most recent tool chain: > > [root@localhost release-emb-generic]# g++ -v > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/mipsel-redhat-linux-gnu/2.96/specs > gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110.1) > > The QT build process is a little unusual - the configure > script causes a fairly huge (640KB) C++ source file > to be generated, which is then thrown at the compiler. > I would expect that to take a while, but after about > 20 hours with zero output passed to the assembler > stage (it runs with -pipe) and the gradual accretion > of about 90MB of virtual memory (on my poor 32MB > system) I concluded that it was probably trapped in > an infinite loop. As I have seen this sort of thing occur > in the past in optimizer stages, I hacked the makefile > to replace -O2 with -O0. It hasn't run for 20 hours > at -O0 yet, but after a couple of hours the memory > allocation dynamic looks to be the same, only faster > (72MB after only a couple of hours), so I'm not > optimistic. > > My questions to the assembled panel of experts are: > > Are there known problems with gcc 2.96.110.1 in > this regard? > > Is there a native toolchain that would be more > likely to be able to handle the build of QT? > I'm considering trying the 2.95 set on Maciej's > site out of desperation. > > Has anyone succeeded in building QT Embedded > for mips(el) Linux, either native or using cross-tools? > > Regards, > > Kevin K. > >