On Thu, 2015-07-09 at 09:01 -0400, Philip Balister wrote: > I'm trying not to get drug into this thread sine I am on vacation next > week ... > > xu3 -> https://github.com/akuster/meta-odroid or > https://github.com/ARM-software/meta-mali ? > > The ARM-software one looks interesting since it may deal with the Mali > stuff. I'll try and get some time to build test it on our layer stack we > use for GNU Radio. > > I have a (discontinued) XU and am annoyed at hardfloat not supporting > the lcd panel I bought for it on the XU3. So I can't test XU3 locally. > > The big problem in the low end arm dev board space is the matrix of > random vendor kernels, crappy binary only images from vendors (GPL > compliance nightmares for people selling products), short lived > hardware, multiple desktop distros with even more quirks and so on. The > support envelope for GNU Radio on ARM is huge. I cannot be handled by a > small group of people without setting some boundaries. >
Add to that the problem of a defective board (WandBoard, in my case) and attempting an RMA with the reseller. And lets not forget the problem of booting with no BIOS or console/serial to help or yield clues. > Donations of cash/bitcoins welcome :) I already have too many > interesting borads to play with. > > Philip > > On 07/09/2015 02:00 AM, shaunwang wrote: > > Hello Nathan > > > > Firstly I am really grateful for your long suggestions. I am very surprised > > to spend so much time writing this for me. > > > > Secondly, I already tried building GNU Radio natively in Odroid xu3 and > > Hummingboard. They both took long time to build. And I always meet some > > bugs, but I fixed them. Building GNU Radio on Hummingboard is definitely a > > pain. > > > > I want to concentrate on cross compile now even I have native compile > > option. I am reading Open Embedded website now, OE layer does not support > > Odroid XU3 layer. 1>What do you mean for "add support"? 2>I am going to try > > Tom's rootfs and chroot once I understand it. 3> Is this the website you are > > talking about for cross compile with OE > > https://github.com/balister/meta-sdr/wiki/CrossCompile. > > the first three steps are > > 1)Build the cross toolchain with OpenEmbedded: > > bitbake -c populate_sdk gnuradio-dev-image > > a > > 2)Find the sdk: > > $ ls tmp-eglibc/deploy/sdk/ > > oecore-x86_64-armv7a-vfp-neon-toolchain-nodistro.0.sh > > > > 3)Install the sdk: > > '$ sudo sh > > tmp-eglibc/deploy/sdk/oecore-x86_64-armv7a-vfp-neon-toolchain-nodistro.0.sh` > > > > But the problem is that this SDK file is for Zynq chip. > > http://gnuradio.org/data/sdk/zedboard_armv7a-sf-vfp-neon/ > > > > Do you have any idea how to build SDK for ARMV7L which is used in Odroid > > xu3? > > > > According to my understand of reading in GNURadio website, it seems the > > number 3) way is the same way as get an SDK for my distribution. I read from > > this website https://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/OE_PyBOMBS > >>From what you said, it seems I can either combine OE and SDK to do cross > > compile or JUST use SDK for my distribution. I have not found any resource > > for the later option. Since you said the later option is unknown and hard, I > > will save this for later. > > > > I am going to try the Tom's rootfs way and OE SDK way firstly, I will keep > > posting my questions, thank you so much for your time and help. I am super > > grateful! > > > > Shaun > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/Cross-compile-GNURadio-on-ARM-in-Odroid-XU3-tp54685p54709.html > > Sent from the GnuRadio mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
