Re: [gentoo-embedded] cross compiler for powerpc-softfloat-linux-gnu

[maxime louvel]

Does someone has any idea ???

thanks a lot

Maxime

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:39 AM, maxime louvel <m.louvel@×××××.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have tried to start everything over again.
> This time I have followed your advice and xmerge packages one by one.
>
> I have been able to xmerge binutils like that.
> But baselayout and glibc are still giving me headache...
>
> Here is what I have after installing everything I have been able to :
>
> For baselayout
> ----------------
> xmerge --root /home/newroot2 -pv baselayout
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild  N    ] sys-apps/findutils-4.3.11 to /home/newroot2/ USE="-nls
> (-selinux) -static" 0 kB
> [ebuild  N    ] sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.4 to /home/newroot2/
> USE="-old-linux" 0 kB
> [ebuild   R   ] sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.11.1 to /home/newroot2/
> USE="-bootstrap -build -static -unicode" 0 kB
>
> Total: 3 packages (2 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
> --------------
>
> And for glibc:
> ---------------
> xmerge --root /home/newroot2 -pv glibc
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild  N    ] sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1 to /home/newroot2/ USE="-debug -gd
> -glibc-omitfp (-hardened) (-multilib) -nls -profile (-selinux) -vanilla" 0
> kB
>
> Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 0 kB
> ---------------
>
>
> I have enclosed to this mail the results of the xmerge --root
> /home/newroot2 --nodeps for each needed package.
> $package_name.build.log and $package_name.environment for each of them.
> The build.log files contain only the last 100 lines (because of the size
> allowed for email....). If you'd like the whole ask me, I can send it alone
> (it is 9.7M)
>
> I need to xmerge baselayout and glibc.
>
> Indeed I have an embedded powerpc, without FPU. But it has 256 MB of RAM
> and for development purpose I am using NFS. Actually I would like to build a
> real gentoo on it in order to use it as a native environment and avoid all
> the cross compilation.
>
> I haven't find any stage3 for powerpc, without FPU and glibc. I have tried
> to update a powerpc-softfloat-linux-uclibc but it misses a lot.
>
> Any idea how I could fix my cross compilation problem ?
> Or any idea of an another way of doing my installation ?
>
> thx,
>
> Maxime
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Jason <gentoo@××××××××××.net> wrote:
>
> > maxime louvel wrote:
> > ...
> > >> xmerge --root /home/newRoot baselayout glibc binutils
> > ...
> >
> > I assume this is pulling in a bunch of dependencies, including
> > findutils.  Do you intend to build a full-blown system (no busybox) or a
> > minimal system (busybox and a few friends)?  If you plan on using
> > busybox, then you want to xmerge that as well.
> >
> > A good general rule of thumb (at least, it works for me ;-) ) is to
> > throw a '-pv' into each xmerge.  eg:
> >
> > xmerge --root /home/newRoot -pv baselayout glibc binutils
> >
> > and see what it pulls in as dependencies.  I then go to the top of the
> > list, let say baselayout is first, hypothetically.  So I would then say:
> >
> > xmerge --root /home/newRoot --nodeps baselayout
> >
> > and then repeat for each package in the list that I actually want.  Two
> > errors typically occur at this stage of the game.
> >
> > 1.) a missing runtime dependency, xmerge the dependency to newRoot.
> > 2.) a missing compiletime dependency, xmerge the dependecy to SYSROOT.
> >
> > The long and short of it is this: cross-compiling is a _much_ more acute
> > process, and it's best to take small steps through the initial build
> > than say 'xmerge --root $TGTROOT enlightenment' and hope for the best.
> > :-)
> >
> > hth,
> >
> > Jason.
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> >
> >
>
>
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> Maxime Louvel
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>



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