> On Friday, 7 March 2014, 11:04, Jonas Maebe <jonas.ma...@elis.ugent.be> wrote: > > > On 05 Mar 2014, at 19:41, Jon wrote: > >> I have a board running Linux - it reports itself as armv4tl: >> >> root@phidgetsbc:~# uname -a >> Linux phidgetsbc 3.1.6 #3 PREEMPT Fri Jan 6 13:05:50 MST 2012 >> armv4tl GNU/Linux >> >> root@phidgetsbc:~# cat /etc/issue >> Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 \n \l >> >> >> After trying and failing to install a cross-compiler on my Linux x64 >> system, I want to install FPC directly onto the system. >> >> Can you advise the best procedure. After downloading and installing >> fpc-2.6.2.arm-linux.tar I get errors: > > That compiler is probably built for ARMv6, so it's normal that it > doesn't work on your system. Additionally, you first have to determine > the ABI in use on your system. To do so, run "objdump -p /bin/ls" and > > have a look at the "private flags" section near the end. > > If it contains "EABI", then you have to build an EABI cross-compiler > (compile the ARM compiler with -dFPC_ARMEL in the make OPT parameter), > otherwise you have to build an old ABI cross-compiler (compile the ARM > compiler with no specific parameters in the make OPT parameter, but > add -Cfsoft to CROSSOPT to ensure the created native compiler uses > software floating point). > > > Jonas >
If I understand you correctly, I don't use the prebuilt package but instead use the source package (fpc-2.6.2.source.tar.gz) and build it on the unit itself? Do I need binutils or anything else? Cross-compiling has always been very difficult for me, I follow the instructions at http://wiki.freepascal.org/Setup_Cross_Compile_For_ARM but is that the best place? Thanks _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
