Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:08:19 +1000 | From | Tony Breeds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/11] jump label v7 |
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On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 09:49:41PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> The crosstool package from Dan Kegel did a good job for this. Not sure > it's currently maintained though. It was a very useful project, it's a > shame if it does not live on. It would be good to have up-to-date and > tested compilers for various architectures available on kernel.org, > ideally with access to a package that helps building compilers for > various architectures.
Trimmed the CC' as this is a bit of a tangent.
Crosstool did a good job but seems to be less current than we'd like for the kernel[1]. When using crosstool in the past I found a lot of the complexity was in *libc to the toolcahins I've built don';t have a libc so they're only helpful for kernel (or similar) builds.
In terms of "testing", I build a kernel for each toolchain but I don't boot them and in the past I think blackfin said that what I had wouldn't actually be runable. Last time I looked the wasn't a non-intel cross-toolchain for blackfin.
I shoudl also mention that a subset of these compilers are used to build test linux-next daily.
Yours Tony
[1] http://www.kegel.com/crosstool/crosstool-0.43/buildlogs/
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