Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Feb 2004 16:22:33 +0100 | From | Herbert Poetzl <> | Subject | Re: Kernel Cross Compiling [update] |
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On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 12:45:41PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > * Herbert Poetzl (herbert@13thfloor.at) wrote: > > > > Hi Folks! > > > > Here is an update to the Kernel Cross Compiling thread > > I started ten days ago ... > > Hi, > Quite a while ago I tried going through a similar > process. I found at the time the debian toolchain-source > package helped in this process. > > There is however one thing you seem to have missed - you > tend to need subtely different versions of gcc and binutils > for each combination.
not missed, but ignored on purpose ;)
> It certainly used to be the case that every architectures > kernel used to have different known issues in both gcc > and binutils; and there was a fair amount of 'oh don't > use that version, it produces broken kernels' with > different answers for each architecture.
hmm, that sounds too familiar, and I already prepared to have different binutils, different gcc and some special conditions for each build ... but I'm trying to minimize the differences where possible ...
> At one time I tried to make a summary page showing where > the kernel source and tools are for each architecture; > but I never kept it upto date. > (http://www.treblig.org/Linux_kernel_source_finder.html)
this looks quite useful, maybe you have some 'updated' info, which could be of value to this efford, if so, please let me know ...
anyway, thanks for the url, I was planning to do something similar when I have all the details ...
best, Herbert
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