It's nice to see we have so many options and related people and pros to it are available around. IMO there should be some sort of effort to standardize the tool-chains and build environments coherently with the kernel. I think its a prime time to work around all the possibilities and standardize so that a collaborative effort similar to Linux kernel can be set ahead. I think thats the objective of this list too. Any plans yet sorted out? On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Wookey <wookey@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 2008-06-12 22:52 +0500, Shaz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been following "Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s)" and > > felt like asking that is there one good way to get a cross compiler > > work. I tried buildroot, scratchbox and even openMoko with > > openEmbedded but all of them had lots of issues and don't know which > > will be the best alternative. > > 'issues' are generally par for the course. It's a difficult problem. > I've generally found buildroot the least-painful of the above, largely > because it targets a relatively small section of the problem-space. > > For completeness I should also mention that Embedded Debian provides > yet another option. I will not claim that it will have fewer issues > than the above. http://www.emdebian.org/emdebian/intro.html > > I'm not sure if you are really asking about toolchains or build-systems? > The former is fairly reliably solved. For a debian-based box just > install pre-built cross toolchians from emdebian: > http://www.emdebian.org/tools/crosstools.html > (from i386, amd64, powerpc; to: nearly all debian-supported > architectures, gcc3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3) > http://www.emdebian.org/toolchains/search.php?section=devel gives more > details. > > emdebian-tools also provides the debian equivalent of crosstool > ('emchain' to build your own version of current current toolchain, > should a suitable pre-built one not exist. > > For non-debian boxes other people seem to have listed the options so I > won't repeat (and it's not my area of expertise). > > Wookey (Emdebian 'Chief bullshitter' - bias alert. The toolchains are > great though, really.) > -- > Principal hats: Balloonz - Toby Churchill - Aleph One - Debian > http://wookware.org/ -- Shaz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
