With the sole exception of having to install curses and genromfs (from sourceforge) (it was a new very plain system) these steps worked fine. And I am a uCLinux and Arm nubie.
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Greg Ungerer <g...@snapgear.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > ucli...@browserseal.com wrote: > >> So, this is what it takes to compile the latest version 20090618 of >> uClinux with ARM, >> >> 1. Change libc from glibc to uClibc (compilation with glibc will fail >> during the patching phase) >> 2. Change uClibc configuration from CONFIG_ARM_OABI to CONFIG_ARM_EABI >> (OABI will fail with '__NR_syscall' undeclared message) >> 3. In uClibc/libpthread/linuxthreads.old/sysdeps/arm/pt-machine.h change >> extern long int testandset (int *spinlock); >> to >> static long int testandset (int *spinlock); >> (otherwise the compilation will fail with multiple definition of >> `testandset' error) >> 4. Do not use latest, i.e. 2009q3 Codesourcery gcc version, use gcc >> version 4.3.3 (Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q1-163) instead >> 5. In arm-2009q1/lib/gcc/arm-uclinuxeabi/4.3.3/include make a link to >> ./include-fixed/limits.h (otherwise the compilation will fail with >> error: limits.h: No such file or directory) >> >> I would say that it is an impressive list which means that currently >> uClinux ARM support is pretty much broken ! :) >> > > Sorry, totally disagree. > > 1. goto web page http://www.uclinux.org/pub/uclinux/dist > 2. get uClinux-dist-20090618.tar.bz2 > 3. follow "ARM Tools" link (on that page) and get latest > arm-linux-tools-20070808.tar.gz and install > 4. tar xjf uClinux-dist-20090618.tar.bz2 > 5. cd uClinux-dist > 6. make menuconfig > choose GDB/Skyeye > choose linux-2.6.x kernel > choose uClibc > save and exit > 7. make > > Builds to completion, no errors. > > > > Should I make a patch, open a bug or something ? >> > > All your issues above (excepting item 1) are to do with "other" > toolchains. Feel free to send patches to fix those. > > Regards > Greg > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Greg Ungerer -- Principal Engineer EMAIL: g...@snapgear.com > SnapGear Group, McAfee PHONE: +61 7 3435 2888 > 825 Stanley St, FAX: +61 7 3891 3630 > Woolloongabba, QLD, 4102, Australia WEB: http://www.SnapGear.com > > _______________________________________________ > uClinux-dev mailing list > uClinux-dev@uclinux.org > http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev > This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org > To unsubscribe see: > http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev >
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