>I do have a another question, though. Let's say that I want to use my own >kernel instead of having crosstool download it. What would be the proper >set of steps to take to specify a local kernel? My current kernel is >2.4.20 and I know that the combination of gcc and glibc that I want to use >with crosstool specifies 2.4.21. I'll probably work on bumping my kernel >up. > >Aron
The way I did this was to use crosstool to just create the cross-compiler for me. From there I took it upon myself to install it in the appropriate directory and then compile the kernel I wanted. That proved to be easy enough for me. ~Ashwin >From: Silverton Aron-C1710C <Aron.J.Silverton at motorola.com> >To: "'Beena'" <beena at gdatech.com>, "'Dan Kegel'" <dank at kegel.com> >CC: "'Ashwin Bihari'" <raz0redge at hotmail.com>, >"'listmember at orkun.us'" <listmember at orkun.us>, >"'linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org'" ><linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org> >Subject: RE: Cross-compile package combinations >Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 12:53:40 -0600 > > >I also had success using crosstool. Thanks to all those who gave me tips >both on the list and via email. > > >Beena <mailto:beena at gdatech.com> wrote: > > I used crosstool and was able to effortlessly install gcc 3.3.2, > > glibc 2.3.2 for powerpc. Thanks a lot for your suggestion. > > > > -Beena > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan Kegel [mailto:dank at kegel.com] > > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:26 PM > > To: Beena > > Cc: Silverton Aron-C1710C; 'Ashwin Bihari'; listmember at orkun.us; > > linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Cross-compile > > package combinations > > > > > > Beena wrote: > >> I have observed the same errors when trying to build the > >> bootstrap gcc > >> 3.2.3. I understand that this is because gcc 3.2.3 build (in > >> case of powerpc) looks for some glibc files. So I first built > >> gcc 2.95.3, then glibc 2.2.1 and then built bootstrap gcc > >> 3.2.2(you could try with > >> 3.2.3) and it compiled fine. > > > > One of the reasons I did crosstool was to avoid that kind of > > hackery. With crosstool, you don't need to build gcc 2.95.3 just > > to build gcc 3.2.3. Crosstool does clean builds from pristine, > > minimally patched source. > > - Dan > > _________________________________________________________________ Cell phone ?switch? rules are taking effect ? find out more here. http://special.msn.com/msnbc/consumeradvocate.armx ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
