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From: "Stephen P. Becker" <geoman@gentoo.org>
To: TheNop <TheNop@gmx.net>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: Cross tool chain based on gcc-3.4.x
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:34:29 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <41A536A5.5050508@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41A510DE.8030004@gmx.net>

TheNop wrote:
> Stephen P. Becker wrote:
> 
>> TheNop wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I try to get a cross compiler based on
>>> gcc-3.4.2
>>> glibc-2.3.2
>>> binutils-2.15
>>> working;  without success.
>>>
>>> Is anyone using a cross compiler base on  gcc-3.4.x for a mips big 
>>> endian target?
>>>
>>> Best regarts
>>> TheNop
>>>
>>
>> I've got a very recent i686->mips-unknown-linux-gnu cross-toolchain 
>> available 
>> at:http://dev.gentoo.org/~geoman/mips-glibc-crosstools.tar.bz2 if you 
>> are too frustrated with building your own.
>>
>> It includes gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4 (20041102), and binutils 2.15.91.0.2.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
> Hi Steve,
> 
> thanx a lot.
> This tool chain works perfectly for me. Now I can build 2.6.x kernel.
> In the past I tried to build a cross tool chain using crosstools. I 
> don`t get any combination of gcc-3.4.x/glibc-2.x.x working. Only the 
> gcc-3.4.x-glibc-2.3.3 combination I could compile without errors, but I 
> couldn't compile a 2.6.x kernel.
> 
> Could you please tell me, how you compile the tool chain?
> It would be great, if you can provide me a script or a list of patches 
> you applied for building.
> 
> Best regards
> TheNop
> 
> 

Actually, if you just wanted to build kernels, you don't need glibc at 
all.  Just build binutils and then a bootstrap gcc compiler, and you are 
set.  The only reason I messed with a full toolchain at all is so that I 
can use c++ through distcc.

Steve

  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-11-25  1:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-23 23:56 Cross tool chain based on gcc-3.4.x TheNop
2004-11-24  1:29 ` Stephen P. Becker
2004-11-24 22:53   ` TheNop
2004-11-24 23:05     ` TheNop
2004-11-25  1:34     ` Stephen P. Becker [this message]
2004-11-29 22:55       ` TheNop
2004-11-29 23:01         ` Stephen P. Becker
2004-11-29 23:17           ` TheNop
2004-11-24 11:13 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2004-11-24 23:00   ` TheNop

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