From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.232]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8CAEDECEC for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:50:46 +1000 (EST) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h27so2808808wxd.15 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:50:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:50:44 -0600 From: "Grant Likely" Sender: glikely@secretlab.ca To: "Brian Silverman" Subject: Re: EABI In-Reply-To: <4810B196.7000300@conceptxdesign.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <4810B196.7000300@conceptxdesign.com> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Brian Silverman wrote: > > > Is it possible to compile a Linux application using an EABI compiler > (specfically, Xilinx's EDK powerpc-eabi-gcc.exe)? > > The issue at hand is that we'd like for our customers to be able to use the > Xilinx EDK toolchain (which we know they will have) to compile Linx apps > without having to install another toolchain (crosstool, ELDK, etc). > > So, what I'm hoping is that the EDK toolchain can be configured to be Linux > compatible binaries, or that there is some kind of wrapper that will handle > the incompatible interfaces. Searching around, I've seen some mention of > Linux EABI compatibility (for Debian ARM releases), but I haven't found any > clear concensus... > > P.S. My apologies if this message appears on the mailing list twice... Unfortunately, no. I recommend making use of the ELDK toolchain from Denx. Cheers, g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.