From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261974AbUBNVHx (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:07:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263370AbUBNVHx (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:07:53 -0500 Received: from relay.pair.com ([209.68.1.20]:45326 "HELO relay.pair.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261974AbUBNVHv (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:07:51 -0500 X-pair-Authenticated: 24.126.73.164 Message-ID: <402E8D1A.4000106@kegel.com> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 13:03:22 -0800 From: Dan Kegel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en, de-de MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Herbert Poetzl , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: re: Kernel Cross Compiling Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Herbert Poetzl wrote: > I'm currently investigating the requirements/doability > of a kernel cross compiling test bed/setup, able to do > automated kernel builds for different architecture, > just to see if it compiles and later to verify if a > given patch breaks that compile on any of the tested > archs ... Great idea! > I decided to use binutils 2.14.90.0.8, and gcc 3.3.2, > but soon discovered that gcc-3.3.2 will not be able > to build a cross compiler for some archs like the > alpha, ia64, powerpc and even i386 ;) without some > modifications[2] but with some help, I got all headers > fixed, except for the ia64, which still doesn't work Wouldn't it be easier to use http://kegel.com/crosstool which already builds good toolchains for just about every CPU type? - Dan -- US citizens: if you're considering voting for Bush, look at these first: http://www.misleader.org/ http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/ http://www.house.gov/reform/min/politicsandscience/