Hi All,
After downloading linaro toolchain by apt-get in ubuntu, I compiled
the uboot for ARM1136 SoC with -march=armv5 option. And it can compile
successfully. Then I let the uboot run on target boards and system
failed due to "undefined instructions". Checked linaro toolchain
options, it is:

#arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabi/4.5.2/lto-wrapper
Target: arm-linux-gnueabi
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro
4.5.2-5ubuntu2~ppa1'
--with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.5/README.Bugs
--enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr
--program-suffix=-4.5 --enable-shared --enable-multiarch
--enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib
--without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix
--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/include/c++/4.5.2
--libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --enable-clocale=gnu
--enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-plugin
--enable-gold --enable-ld=default --with-plugin-ld=ld.gold
--enable-objc-gc --disable-sjlj-exceptions --with-arch=armv7-a
--with-float=softfp --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb
--disable-werror --enable-checking=release
--program-prefix=arm-linux-gnueabi-
--includedir=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/include --build=x86_64-linux-gnu
--host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=arm-linux-gnueabi
--with-headers=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/include
--with-libs=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-5ubuntu2~ppa1)

The imporant options are "--with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=softfp
--with-fpu=vfpv3-d16". I just want to ask whether these options stop
arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc to support old arch? If so, according to gcc
documents at http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html,

"

--with-cpu=cpu
--with-cpu-32=cpu
--with-cpu-64=cpu
    Specify which cpu variant the compiler should generate code for by
default. cpu will be used as the default value of the -mcpu= switch.
This option is only supported on some targets, including ARM, i386,
M68k, PowerPC, and SPARC. The --with-cpu-32 and --with-cpu-64 options
specify separate default CPUs for 32-bit and 64-bit modes; these
options are only supported for i386, x86-64 and PowerPC.
--with-schedule=cpu
--with-arch=cpu
--with-arch-32=cpu
--with-arch-64=cpu
--with-tune=cpu
--with-tune-32=cpu
--with-tune-64=cpu
--with-abi=abi
--with-fpu=type
--with-float=type
    These configure options provide default values for the
-mschedule=, -march=, -mtune=, -mabi=, and -mfpu= options and for
-mhard-float or -msoft-float. As with --with-cpu, which switches will
be accepted and acceptable values of the arguments depend on the
target.
"

There are only default values for later compiling. Users should be
able to swith to other values by setting other options. But why did
arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc still build "undefined instructions" to arm1136
with "arch=armv5"?  In fact arm1136 is armv6.

Then i compiled a toolchain for linaro gcc-linaro-4.4-2011.02-0 codes
by myself, the options are simple:

#arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: arm-none-linux-gnueabi
Configured with: ../gcc-linaro-4.4-2011.02-0/configure
--target=arm-none-linux-gnueabi
--prefix=/home/vmuser/development/toolchain/build-toolchain/tools
--enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-libgomp
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.4.5 (Linaro GCC 4.4-2011.02-0)

Then I compiled uboot by this toolchain again, the uboot can work.
Then why can the toolchain compiled by myself support more arch? And
what performance is lost in my compiling?

Thanks
Barry

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