I'm confused about pre-built cross-compiling tool-chains for building the MIPS-Linux kernel. (Please note my question is confined to building the kernel, cross.) My Host is x86 running Linux. My Target is an embedded SoC using the 4KSd core, and is little-endian. Linux (of the 2.6.20 vintage) has been ported to the SoC, using mipsel-sdelinux-V6.04.00-4 to compile the kernel. The development system also includes 5.03 SDE-Lite, albeit I'm not too clear what that's used for: I know the debugger, sde-gdb, is used with the FS2 EJTAG Probe, but am uncertain if anything else is actually used .... Anyways, that's all getting a bit old. Hence, in time, the kernel will be up-reved (to at least 2.6.24). I also want to use later toolchain(s?), and I am currently trying to work out what's what, with the goal (if possible) of using them to built the current (2.6.20-ish kernel). The http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/MIPS_SDE_Installation page is rather confusing, talking first about SDE 6.x, and then jumping into a discussion of cross tool-chains. Whilst I assume I can use the most recent mipsel-linux (mipsel-sdelinux-v6.05.00-4) to built the kernel, is it possible to use the most recent SDE-Lite (v6.06.01) to build the Linux kernel? If so, what do I need to tweak so `sde-gcc' (with appropriate magic) is used instead of `mipsel-linux-gcc' (with whatever magic it's using)? cheers! -blf- -- "How many surrealists does it take to | Brian Foster change a lightbulb? Three. One calms | somewhere in south of France the warthog, and two fill the bathtub | Stop E$$o (ExxonMobil)! with brightly-coloured machine tools." | http://www.stopesso.com
