Re: unable to compile kernel without arm-linux-gcc4.1.1

From: Patrick Steiner <patrick.steiner_at_a1.net>
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:48:42 +0100

Matt Barclay wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just picked up an Axim x51v to join in the fun ;)
>
> I promptly loaded the 20070227 kernel/rootfs on to an SD card and was
> running linux in no time. I really want to see Wifi on this thing,
> and I've been trying to compile a working kernel using the
> instructions from http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/DellAximX50
> First, I want to replicate the current compiled kernel, so I grabbed
> the /proc/config.gz and used that as a starting point. I am using
> arm-linux-gcc-3.4.1, so I had to disable EABI in the kernel (as it
> requires gcc 4.x and I haven't found a link to download it yet). This
> may (or may not) result in the kernel being unable to proceed after
> mounting the root filesystem. At any rate, my attempts to compile and
> run the kernel have failed.
>
> Can someone post the arm-linux-4.1.1 toolchain? I see that the
> zImage-20070227 was compiled with 4.1.1.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
Hi matt,

i have build this image via Openembedded.org so i canīt provide you this
toolchain.
the easiest way is to setup a openembedded-angstrom toolchain too.

take a look at http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/building-angstrom
its not so hard
to setup...

 patrick
Received on Fri Mar 02 2007 - 01:48:59 EST

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