Hi Andrew; I like the idea, but the toolchain is AFAIK related to the architecture (see uClibc config), so we will still need one toolchain for each architecture, am I wrong?
Am 23.04.2013 21:59, schrieb Andrew: > Hi all. > > Now we have building of toolchain, userlevel apps and kernel (with > modules) as similar targets, with same logic. But for future embedded > platforms with same/similar CPU arch (but with multiple kernels - for > each SoC required separate kernel, possible even with different versions > - like rpi case) it causes some troubles. Also rebuilding from scratch > taints also toolchain - ~20-30% of rebuilding time. > > I think that it'll be good if we'll separate building of toolchain, > kernel(+modules) and userland into 3 different procedures. For this, I > propose to do next things: > > 1) Add 3 targets - 'build-toolchain', 'build-userspace', 'build-kernel' > instead of single 'build'; for toolchain - 'build-userspace' will just > install libs'headers from toolchain dir into staging dir. This should > allow to quickly rebuild only userspace soft, or only kernel, or all > except toolchain. > 2) Add tarball with kernel headers into toolchain instead of headers > generation from linux source (it shouldn't produce any pbs - at least > for some years of Gentoo usage I didn't saw pbs if headers were older > than kernel sources or packages were built with older headers; and more > - it's usual situation in Gentoo). This will remove pain of multiple > kernel versions into single tree and remove toolchain dependency from > linux kernel. > > 3) Add possibility to specify arch/version of kernel to build via > cmdline, and specify list of available major versions (for ex., 3.4, 3.6 > and so on) with default one in platform makefile (currently I don't know > optimal method to do this). Also this should affect buildpackage.pl. > > I'll be glad to hear your ideas about this. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt > New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service > that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your > browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic > and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr > > _______________________________________________ > leaf-devel mailing list > leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
