On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 03:29:22PM -0800, Michael K. Edwards wrote: > On 12/5/06, Russell King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >There's not much to say about this, other than scream and go hide in the > >corner. ARM toolchains are just basically fscked. > > And while we're on the topic of ARM linux toolchain fsckage, it would > be nice to know what patches and incantations are currently > recommended when configuring gcc for building various modern ARM > kernel/ABI configurations (OABI + soft VFP, EABI, etc.).
There is no such thing as soft VFP. I can only talk from the requirements of the kernel. gcc 3.4.3 is the minimum for ARM, which with binutils 2.17 will allow you to build the kernel as OABI in *any* configuration. No patches required for either. Enabling EABI needs a compiler which supports EABI. That's where I get fuzzy but recent gcc 4 should be suitable. I have had it suggested to me that EABI support in the toolchain isn't all that stable at the moment. As for userspace... and NPTL, that's a different matter. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
