From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-pv0-f175.google.com ([74.125.83.175]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ORTbN-0005dh-G3 for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:19:06 +0200 Received: by pvg3 with SMTP id 3so633810pvg.6 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:14:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=9lSzUK1d8VKKUcXP5Fab7/NAIB5htGlS7Sv0zjnANgU=; b=qypa3259Iy0/y9ukeuz/j1Z5BAVortZA6hRu012MKookIGyXuzm6ILrdTA9zUeiKMe E6gTeQhz9EIU2DpGYjD5zqN5VbzIXjFX1KVa6RjMzLrzAjYN8GN2FN5uxKoxkAJicb+y fIAj+T8DZ152BBtwnP9v5EbW1V9u4Rnmpj5Rg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=xCjm8H1pOejjZprJ5etayeUGHu77UqsPQeQklu8nMpp0Z52brLuW3JykTv7WjDppw3 eZeT3+iDL7RNIEU0hqQUfxeH4CL0SmKhgRGCL2KmBwfKs8v3DWkx93MhHnjvGTdcMAEw tx6CmeYS3l5W38dfIhVNUyVTPGoePVU1NINu8= Received: by 10.115.81.33 with SMTP id i33mr7954205wal.46.1277313267827; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:14:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gmail.com (99-57-141-118.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net [99.57.141.118]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g14sm6021480rvb.13.2010.06.23.10.14.25 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:14:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:15:24 -0700 From: Khem Raj To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Message-ID: <20100623171524.GA5535@gmail.com> References: <20100623103600.77c5a6d9@xora-desktop.xora.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 74.125.83.175 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: raj.khem@gmail.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: introducing a new architecture/machine; policy ? (and a question) X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:19:06 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On (23/06/10 11:54), Frans Meulenbroeks wrote: > 2010/6/23 Graeme Gregory : > >> >> Also I don't feel empowered to make changes in distribution > >> >> specific files. > > > > Why not, chances are Angstrom maintainers would be quite happy for you > > to patch angstrom*.conf if you ask us. > > > > Graeme > > distribution != angstrom > There are more distributions out there. > > The root cause of the problem is that a distro can specify a version > of a tool (let's take gcc as an example) that is not supported by a > specific hardware architecture. > I'd say what we really need is a way to allow a processor architecture > to specify which versions of binutls and gcc and friends are supported > for that hw architecture. > Mind you I talk about processor architectures, not boards. > (actually I guess this extends to every package that contains assembly > files or inline assembly) > > The problem became more visible with nios2 as this is an architecture > that is not (yet) supported by gcc. Patches for now exist only for > 4.1.2. > some architectures may not support particular version of say gcc but still if that architecture is supported by a given distro then it should define the required version of say gcc in distro.conf with override for instance check conf/distro/include/sane-toolchain.inc which is serving a few distributions overrides default compiler versions for AVR32 you need to do something same for nios2 Thanks -Khem > Frans. > > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-devel mailing list > Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel