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Hi everybody, |
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I initially posted this to a fellow dev who quite rightly pointed me in |
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the direction of this list. I was hoping someone here might be able to |
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tell me if what I'm trying to achieve is feasible or not. |
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I've got some existing code for tying python to some system libraries, |
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and I was hoping to port it onto an embedded device, specifically an |
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ipod. I've managed to source myself three old ipods (one 3rd Gen |
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and two 4th gen). I've got ipodlinux happily running on one of them, |
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installed python, rebuilt the kernel using ipodlinux's pre-packaged |
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toolchain (which they seem to call arm-uclinux-elf/arm-elf). |
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I went to build the system libraries I needed and noticed the toolchain |
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didn't seem able to support shared objects, and hence the python |
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C-extension modules probably wouldn't compile either. Attempting to |
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compile python natively also failed, so building the extension right in |
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to python looks difficult. |
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So, I started investigating building the toolchain on Gentoo using |
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crossdev. So far I've successfully built arm-elf, but ipodlinux seems |
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to mention uclinux a lot and I haven't been able to build an |
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arm-unknown-uclinux target successfully. Also, there seemed to be a few |
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posts about the gentoo arm-elf toolchain not supporting elf2flt (which |
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seemed necessary to reuse any existing ipodlinux applications). I'm |
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also not certain if the arm-elf toolchain built on gentoo will let me |
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build shared objects or not. |
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That seems to leave me with the following options: |
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1. Try rebuilding everything using arm-elf on gentoo. |
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2. Try to build python using the binary-packaged toolchain. |
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3. Try to rewrite my code in C directly and statically link the system |
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libraries. |
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I was hoping someone here might be able to clear up some of the |
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confusion surrounding the right targets to use, and offer an opinion on |
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which option seems like the best one to pursue? |
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Thanks very much, |
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Mike 5:) |
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