Thanks Jonathan Thanks for advice, [3] will be great.
On Apr 1, 2010 5:20 PM, "Jonathan Nieder" <jrnie...@gmail.com> wrote: Jonathan Nieder wrote: > URL: http://projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/xburst-tools/ > git clone git://projects.qi-hardware.com/xburst-tools.git > > Plus there is some simple dh_make-generated packaging in the debian/ > directory upstream, nice to see. Requires a mipsel-targetted assembler; more precisely, it expects to be able to use mipsel-openwrt-linux-gcc and friends. Options: 1. Package a mipsel cross-compiler. All I can say is it would be great (and unusual) if this happens. The easiest way might be as a patch for the gcc-4.5 source package, though that method doesn’t scale well to multiple cross-compiler targets (it is no good if each gcc version takes forever to build). 2. Split into two packages: one for the usbboot binary and one for the firmware. The usbboot binary would be Architecture: any and built the same way it is already. The firmware would be Architecture: all and built on mipsel only, using the host compiler. Downside: this makes it difficult to contribute, since one needs access to a powerful enough mipsel machine. 3. Include a compiled copy of the firmware in the Debian source package. Since it is built with free software, I think this would still be okay for a Debian package, though it’s not ideal. Thoughts? Jonathan
