Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:26:41 +0000 From: Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> To: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> Cc: arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports cross-compilers vs. native toolchain Message-ID: <E1RoGMT-000DkR-6a@groundzero.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: <7E53112E-DE29-4145-B597-D39AA77252C5@kientzle.com> References: <23CB6C35-9450-40BA-9FA3-37C44B328CA8@freebsd.org> <CABt%2Bj0mB4w==h_SQ4YyDM24_wGOjcdZDK9T1N3DqjSkap0VkQw@mail.gmail.com> <E8A24EBE-967D-44F8-A884-3207B3C6F0FE@bsdimp.com> <8042D895-3B3D-431E-ADCC-A150BDC838ED@kientzle.com> <CAGW5k5ahyaTest3L0NTe1t%2B%2BYBgpLMkWZNpp=GRyz%2Bg=nMcZLg@mail.gmail.com> <7E53112E-DE29-4145-B597-D39AA77252C5@kientzle.com>
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Tim Kientzle writes: > > On Jan 18, 2012, at 11:30 PM, Johny Mattsson wrote: > > > On 19 January 2012 16:49, Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> wrote: > > Sounds like I should keep poking at u-boot with the native cross > > tools. > > > > When I was building custom uboot binaries for my Sheevaplugs, I used > > the CodeSourcery pre-built ARM toolchain for Linux (on Linux). It was > the path of least resistance for me, and it worked really well. > > > I don't know if that's a workable path for you or not, but I thought > > I'd throw the suggestion out there. > > Were this a work project, I would do exactly that in order to keep > making forward progress. > > For the moment, I'm more curious about just how far I can push this > using FreeBSD tools only. I've locally updated cross-(binutils|gcc|gdb) to the latest stable versions, and they seem to work really well for u-boot, OpenPilot and a couple of other things. I've build-tested them for all the *-*-(binutils|gcc|gdb) instances that I could find, but I've only used arm-eabi-(binutils|gcc|gdb) in anger, and then only for C. M -- Mark R V Murray Cert APS(Open) Dip Phys(Open) BSc Open(Open) BSc(Hons)(Open) Pi: 132511160
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