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From: Jim Wilson <wilson@specifixinc.com>
To: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Judith Lebzelter <judith@osdl.org>,
	Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>, cliff white <cliffw@osdl.org>,
	"Timothy D. Witham" <wookie@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: Kernel Cross Compiling [update]
Date: 23 Feb 2004 11:42:31 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1077565352.1054.22.camel@leaf.tuliptree.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040222035350.GB31813@MAIL.13thfloor.at>

On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 19:53, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> Here is an update to the Kernel Cross Compiling thread 
> I started ten days ago ...

If you want gcc to be fixed so the inhibit_libc builds work for linux
targets, then I suggest opening an FSF gcc bugzilla bug report.  Sending
mail to me or to the linux kernel mailing list is unlikely to accomplish
this.

FYI David Mosberger sent me a comment in private mail pointing out that
if you are trying to bootstrap linux on a new target, then requiring a
glibc port before the kernel port is a problem.  I consider this a good
reason to make this feature work.

However, my recommendation still stands.  In general, I do not recommend
building inhibit_libc crosses for linux targets, even though such
crosses are likely to work fine for building a kernel.  As a gcc
maintainer, it makes my job harder when people are building the compiler
different ways, because I may get bug reports that I can't reproduce or
understand.  Also, there is a risk that a kernel-only cross compiler
will accidentally be used for some other purpose, resulting in a bug
report that wastes the time of the gcc maintainers.
-- 
Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com


  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-02-23 19:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-22  3:53 Kernel Cross Compiling [update] Herbert Poetzl
2004-02-22  6:02 ` Dan Kegel
2004-02-22 15:42   ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-02-22  8:43 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-02-22  9:07 ` Russell King
2004-02-22 15:09   ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-02-22 12:45 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2004-02-22 15:22   ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-02-22 15:52 ` Paul Mundt
2004-02-22 17:07   ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-02-22 17:23     ` Paul Mundt
2004-02-23 13:28       ` Richard Curnow
2004-02-23 14:41         ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-02-26 13:02           ` Richard Curnow
2004-02-23 19:42 ` Jim Wilson [this message]
2004-02-23 20:32   ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-02-24  1:49     ` Dan Kegel
2004-02-24  8:53       ` Herbert Poetzl
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-02-22 16:36 Arnd Bergmann

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