[U-Boot] U-Boot/IXP

Bryan Hundven
2012-03-05T22:00:16Z

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Michael Schwingen,
>
>> Am 03/05/2012 12:54 PM, schrieb Marek Vasut:
>> > Dear Michael Schwingen,
>> >
>> >> On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 02:14:56AM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> >>> Dear Michael Schwingen,
>> >>>
>> >>> do you still intend to maintain IXP support in uboot or can all those
>> >>> IXP boards be removed? I'd be great if you helped bringing them back
>> >>> in-line!
>> >>
>> >> I still use them and would want to keep these boards (and maintain
>> >> them).
>> >>
>> >> I only glimpse at the mailing list from time to time - are there any
>> >> open problems with these boards that need to be addressed?
>> >
>> > No, I just cannot compile it with usual arm-linux-gnueabi- toolchain and
>> > that puts a bleep on my bug-radar. Is that normal? Do I need a special
>> > toolchain?
>>
>> I am using an old, locally built toolchain that identifies itself as
>> gcc version 4.3.4 (crosstool-NG-hg_default at 1471_4a88cb9bfe8f)
>>
>> I can take a look at this using a newer toolchain - however, I am in the
>> process of moving, so this will probably take some weeks.
>>
>> What prebuilt toolchain should I try?
>
> I was more curious if it's possible for me myself to build these. And if so, can
> that be done with usual arm-linux-gnueabi- toolchain? Or do I need special armeb
> toolchain compiled in some special way?

I've built a new armeb xscale toolchain available here if you want to try it.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bhundven.u/files/armeb-unknown-linux-gnueabi.tar.bz2/download

I built it on x86_64. I can build it on 32-bit intel if you don't have
an x86_64 build box. Let me know.

$ ct-ng show-armeb-unknown-linux-gnueabi
armeb-unknown-linux-gnueabi [L X]
OS : linux-3.2.8
Companion libs : gmp-5.0.2 mpfr-3.1.0 ppl-0.11.2 cloog-ppl-0.15.11
mpc-0.9 libelf-0.8.13
binutils : binutils-2.22
C compiler : gcc-4.6.3 (C,C++,Fortran,Java,Objective-C,Objective-C++)
C library : eglibc-2_15
Tools : dmalloc-5.5.2 duma-2_5_15 gdb-7.3a ltrace-0.5.3 strace-4.6

>>
>> cu
>> Michael
>
> Best regards,
> Marek Vasut
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