F. Fennek wrote: > I am trying to build a cross compiler for a cortex M3 ARM target on a > Linux host. > And I have a rather basic question. > If I google on ARM toolchain I find a lot of help BUT most toolchain > builders are scripts and most of them use patches of some sort. > The scripts (or work flow) are mostly explained rather good but where > the used patches come from are never explained. > So my question is: > Do I need patches to build an ARM cross compiler when I use the GCC source code? It depends on your target OS. When I build a ARM Linux cross-compiler, I use unpatched gcc sources. Andrew.