Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:42:51 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building ARM ports (was Re: Globalscale Dreamplug and 8.3 RELEASE) Message-ID: <55EAC835-9838-4802-8B2C-73B32FC6513F@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <502AEC99.70708@jetcafe.org> References: <5008728C.5040100@jetcafe.org> <1343846511.1128.34.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <501B0E04.5040901@jetcafe.org> <1343951251.1128.53.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <502AEC99.70708@jetcafe.org>
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On Aug 14, 2012, at 6:26 PM, Dave Hayes wrote: > On 08/02/12 16:47, Ian Lepore wrote: >> I haven't yet tried to build ports using stock freebsd. At work we = have >> an arcane and complex and fragile system for cross-building ports, = which >> I only partially understand. >=20 > That's the entire problem with cross-building. Ports are very complex = systems and I think it's cleaner to just build them in an ARM emulator. > There are far too many dependencies to keep track of otherwise, at = least > for me. Yet the Linux folks are able to do it. If we want to be competitive, = we'll need to have a viable solution. > When I find time to struggle with QEMU again, I'll try to post a = summary here...presuming I can get this to work. This may or may not ultimately work. I hope that the complexity of this = is actually less than getting it right in the cross building world. Warner
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