Hello all, I am new to Linux and the ARM development. I am planning to work
on a project that will be using the Linux arm port with a StrongArm
processor. I was wondering if anyone could recommend the best
cross-development tools/compiler/debugger to use?
Any input would be greatly appreciated thanks.
joe
Hello Joe;
The easiest solution is to download a working biniary toolchain. The
following may be of some help.
There have been so many questions and problems on the mailing list about
building a Cross Tool Chain. We have decided to post a 38 Mbyte binary
(executable) tar-ball here:
http://crl.research.compaq.com/projects/personalserver/sw_download.html
it is an arm-linux cross Tool Chain. The Tool Chain is made up of:
binutils-2.9.5.0.22,
gcc-2.95.2 - C, C++, f77, CHILL, java and objc.
glibc-2.1.2. with the International crypt library. (THIS IS NOT FOR
EXPORT)
The Tool Chain is compiled for a i386 host with an armv4l target. Armv4 =
the instructions set for the SA-110, SA-1100 and SA-1110 processors. l =
little edian.
Installation notes:
The Tool Chain must be installed in /skiff/local. It will not work from any
other path.
The only other problem that you may have with the include files is that the
tar ball was setup for Linux 2.2.14. You may need to setup a symbolic links
for:
ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/asm
/skiff/local/arm-linux/include/asm
ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux
/skiff/local/arm-linux/include/linux
or you could copy the /usr/src/linux/include/asm and
/usr/src/linux/include/linux directories to the
/skiff/local/arm-linux/include. Be certain that you have run 'make
menuconfig' or equivalent, then 'make dep'. This will verify that your
kernel tree is up-to-date and the correct symbolic links are up-to-date.
This tool chain has glibc symbol versioning. If you are using a netwinder,
you may have to compile your code with static libs.
If there is interest, we may make a binary i386 to Strong-ARM cross gdb
available for remote debugging.
--George
George France, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cambridge Research Laboratory, Compaq Computer Corporation
One Kendall Square, Building 700 MS: CRL
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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