[Bug 234749] Review Request: arm-gp2x-linux-binutils - Cross Compiling GNU binutils targeted at arm-linux

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Summary: Review Request: arm-gp2x-linux-binutils - Cross Compiling GNU binutils targeted at arm-linux


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=234749





------- Additional Comments From j.w.r.degoede@xxxxxx  2007-07-26 16:52 EST -------
(In reply to comment #17)
> So first of all, using FSF Binutils for a Linux/glibc target is not a problem. 
> The "Linux Binutils" H.J.Lu releases are actually snapshots from FSF CVS (this 
> is why they usually have 2.x.90 numbering) with some patches applied, and only 
> tested for Linux targets. FSF releases go through an actual release process, 
> they aren't snapshotted straight out of CVS like the "Linux Binutils". This has 
> both advantages (more testing, less regressions) and disadvantages (not always 
> the latest bugfixes). If FSF Binutils is what all the other SDKs for this 
> targets use, it is the right choice here.

Yes, fsf binutils is what the other sdk's use, including open2x's sdk, which is
the closest thing to upstream the arm-gp2x-linux packages have, see:
http://open2x.org/open2x/index.html

So I definetively want to stick with fsf binutils 2.16.1

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