On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 2:03 PM Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 02:35:56AM +0100, Daniel Schwierzeck wrote:
> >
> >
> > Am 21.11.18 um 09:31 schrieb Trevor Woerner:
> > > On kernel.org, a newer 8.1.0 version of the toolchains is available.
> Also,
> > > update the kernel.org version list to include some of the older
> versions so
> > > more architectures can be supported.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Trevor Woerner <tre...@toganlabs.com>
> > > ---
> > > tools/buildman/toolchain.py | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/tools/buildman/toolchain.py b/tools/buildman/toolchain.py
> > > index 4b35f400e9..442a7f977a 100644
> > > --- a/tools/buildman/toolchain.py
> > > +++ b/tools/buildman/toolchain.py
> > > @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ class Toolchains:
> > > """
> > > arch = command.OutputOneLine('uname', '-m')
> > > base = 'https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin'
> > > - versions = ['7.3.0', '6.4.0', '4.9.4']
> > > + versions = ['8.1.0', '7.3.0', '6.4.0', '5.5.0', '4.9.4',
> '4.9.0', '4.8.5', '4.8.0', '4.7.3', '4.6.3', '4.6.2', '4.6.1', '4.5.1',
> '4.2.4']
> >
> > with 4c58d273e0f2cc21821c1de32494abd5de411d9b we removed the older and
> > unneeded versions. So it doesn't make sense to add them again.
> >
> > Also did you a test run on Travis CI to verify that all archs still
> > compile where a 8.1.0 toolchain is available? Travis CI will
> > automatically use the latest avaiable toolchain for each arch. Possible
> > new warnings or errors need to be fixed before doing the switch to 8.1.0.
>
> Agreed. Are you using buildman outside of U-Boot where you have a
> usecase for adding in old versions / other architectures?
Yes. I was using it as a general-purpose toolchain-downloading tool.
> I do want to
> move up to 8.1.0 but I'm sure we have warnings to fix before we can do
> that. I _think_ I even posted a link to what was failing a while ago
> and fixed a few things, but there's some harder to solve problems left.
>
Okay, no problem.
In any case I'm partway through doing a test with and without my patches.
I'll post my results for the sake of completeness.
I'm also interested in exploring whether it might be possible to have
buildman download pre-built toolchains from bootlin. Maybe that would be of
some interest?
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