From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from <gentoo-embedded+bounces-1517-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1H8z1E-00005h-38 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:15:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l0MDEWuQ032057; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:14:32 GMT Received: from cosine.nl (cosine01.leidenuniv.nl [132.229.27.26]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0MDEUbr032048 for <gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:14:31 GMT Received: by smtp.cosine.nl (Postfix, from userid 10009) id C41004A098; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:51:15 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on dufay.cosine.nl X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.9 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 Received: from dhcp-192-168-0-166.cosine.nl (dhcp-192-168-0-166.cosine.nl [192.168.0.166]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.cosine.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03BB049F70 for <gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:51:14 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Re: Appropriate toolchain for a SPARC? From: Dimitris Lampridis <dlampridis@cosine.nl> To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0701211215220.6927-100000@lnx.bridge.intra> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0701211215220.6927-100000@lnx.bridge.intra> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:51:21 +0100 Message-Id: <1169470281.5178.4.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-embedded+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-embedded+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-embedded+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-embedded.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: ae78a86f-259d-4993-b642-8294db782b56 X-Archives-Hash: 662b088272c122a1bf17c1f1e102ed36 On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 12:16 +0100, Peter S. Mazinger wrote: > On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Dimitris Lampridis wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 11:47 +0100, Dimitris Lampridis wrote: > > > I want to build a cross toolchain on an x86 system, to be able to > > > compile for SPARC without hardware floating point support, using uclibc. > > > I've done some attempts already but they all fail (for various reasons). > > > Up until now, I have not succeeded 100%. So I thought I should do it in > > > the proper way, starting from the beginning: > > > > > > Could you please let me know if there is a specific combination of > > > binutils, gcc, uclibc etc., that is well-known to work for a > > > sparc-softfloat-linux-uclibc target? > > > > > > thank you in advance, > > > Dimitris > > > > > > PS: I currently try with: > > > binutils-2.17 > > > gcc-4.1.1-r3 > > > linux-headers-2.6.19.2-r1 > > > uclibc-0.9.28-r2 > > > > > > > nobody yet? Well, I've been trying several combinations of the programs, > > and they still all fail. I've had success with binutils-2.17, with gcc > > 3.4.1-r3, 3.4.4-r1 and 4.1.1-r3, but no luck with uclibc. > > > > I've tried uclibc 0.9.28-r2, 0.9.28-r1 and 0.9.28 (as well as 0.9.27 > > that apparently does not support sparc?), and every time they fail on > > the same problem, complaining about duplicate "_start" symbol in ldso.c. > > I've attached my uclibc emerge log, hopefully someone can propose > > something? > > > > thank you, > > Dimitris > > you may try to use uclibc-svn (no ebuild for it), some sparc support was > added. > > Peter > > -- > Peter S. Mazinger <ps dot m at gmx dot net> ID: 0xA5F059F2 > Key fingerprint = 92A4 31E1 56BC 3D5A 2D08 BB6E C389 975E A5F0 59F2 > Hmmm, uclibc from SVN does the trick. I also tried buildroot and I was able to produce a working toolchain for softfloat SPARC, out of: binutils-2.6.91.0.7 linux-kernel-2.6.11 gcc-3.4.2 latest snapshot of uclibc Thank you Peter for your time, Dimitris -- gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org mailing list