Re: [arm-gnu] Host requirements to build arm-2010q1 lite version

[trisha yad <trisha1march@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I have simple question,Is there any dependency of cross tool chain
development on Host Environment like GCC or kernel version ?

If answer is yes. so from where one can get the best combination or is
it a secret ?


Thanks


On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Mark Mitchell <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Allen McIntosh wrote:
>> On 08/19/2010 01:33 AM, raju goruganti wrote:
>>> I have built arm-2010q1 lite version tool chain on centOS-5.3 (which is
>>> using gcc-4.1.2 as Host compiler).And When I compile the test case
>>> "gcc-4.4-2010q1/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/compile/limits-exprparen.c"
>>> I am getting the error :Internal error: Segmentation fault (program
>>> cc1)(similar to the error given here
>>> :http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31827). But when  build
>>> arm-2010q1 lite version tool chain On Fedora-8(Which is using gcc
>>> version 4.3.2 20081105 as Host compiler) and if i compile the test case
>>> "gcc-4.4-2010q1/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/compile/limits-exprparen.c",
>>> I am not getting any error.
>>
>> At the very least you want to build the cross compiler with GCC 4.4.x.
>> You already have the source, so it's mostly a matter of starting a
>> compile and waiting.  (The native compiler takes longer because you
>> should compile it to a fixed point.)
>
> Of course, one could also find a binary distribution of CodeSourcery's
> ARM 2010Q1 Lite Edition toolchain that has been carefully built,
> validated, packaged, and given away for free, instead of spending lots
> of time building it. :-)
>
> Raju, I'm always curious why people want to build things.  Why are you
> doing your own build?
>
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