HOWTO build arm-linux toolchain for ARM/XSCALE ---------------------------------------------- These instructions document how to build an arm-linux tool chain that contains both little-endian and big-endian target libraries. 1. Packages used: binutils-2.16.tar.gz gcc-3.4.4.tar.gz glibc-2.3.3.tar.gz glibc-linuxthreads-2.3.3.tar.gz 2. binutils-2.16 tar xvzf binutils-2.16.tar.gz cd binutils-2.16 mkdir arm-linux cd arm-linux ../configure --target=arm-linux --with-lib-path=/usr/local/arm-linux/lib:/usr/local/arm-linux/lib/be:/usr/local/arm-linux/lib/soft-float:/usr/local/arm-linux/lib/be/soft-float make make install chmod 777 /usr/local/arm-linux 3. gcc-3.4.4 tar xvzf gcc-3.4.4.tar.gz cd gcc-3.4.4 cp $(ATTACHED t-linux file) gcc/config/arm/ vi gcc/config/arm/linux-elf.h -- remove line that defines LIBGCC_SPEC mkdir arm-linux cd arm-linux ../configure --target=arm-linux --disable-shared --disable-threads \ --prefix=/usr/local --with-headers=linux-2.4.x/include \ --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --enable-multilib --enable-languages=c make make install 4. glibc-2.3.3 (big-endian) tar xvzf glibc-2.3.3.tar.gz cd glibc-2.3.3 tar xvzf glibc-linuxthreads-2.3.3.tar.gz rm -rf nptl vi sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/ioperm.c - change "BUS_ISA" to be "CTL_BUS_ISA" lines 103 and 104 vi config.make.in - change "slibdir = @...@" to "slibdir = @libdir@" vi Makeconfig - change all occurrances of "O2" to "O" - remove any occurrances of -lgcc_eh vi configure - change all occurrances of "O2" to "O" touch sysdeps/arm/framestate.c mkdir arm-linux cd arm-linux CC="arm-linux-gcc -mbig-endian -finline-limit=10000" \ AS="arm-linux-as -mbig-endian" \ LD="arm-linux-ld -EB" \ ../configure --host=arm-linux --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu \ --with-headers=linux-2.4.x/include \ --enable-add-ons --enable-shared --prefix=/usr/local/arm-linux \ --libdir=/usr/local/arm-linux/lib/be make make install 5. glibc-2.3.3 (little-endian) tar xvzf glibc-2.3.3.tar.gz cd glibc-2.3.3 tar xvzf glibc-linuxthreads-2.3.3.tar.gz [ Apply same fixes as above ] mkdir arm-linux cd arm-linux CC="arm-linux-gcc -finline-limit=10000" \ AS="arm-linux-as" \ LD="arm-linux-ld" \ ../configure --host=arm-linux --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu \ --with-headers=linux-2.4.x/include \ --enable-add-ons --enable-shared --prefix=/usr/local/arm-linux make make install 6. glibc-2.3.3 (big-endian/soft-float) tar xvzf glibc-2.3.3.tar.gz cd glibc-2.3.3 tar xvzf glibc-linuxthreads-2.3.3.tar.gz [ Apply same fixes as above ] mkdir arm-linux cd arm-linux CC="arm-linux-gcc -mbig-endian -msoft-float -finline-limit=10000" \ AS="arm-linux-as -mbig-endian" \ LD="arm-linux-ld -EB" \ ../configure --host=arm-linux --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu \ --with-headers=linux-2.4.x/include \ --enable-add-ons --enable-shared --prefix=/usr/local/arm-linux \ --without-fp --libdir=/usr/local/arm-linux/lib/be/soft-float make make install 7. glibc-2.3.3 (little-endian/soft-float) tar xvzf glibc-2.3.3.tar.gz cd glibc-2.3.3 tar xvzf glibc-linuxthreads-2.3.3.tar.gz [ Apply same fixes as above ] mkdir arm-linux cd arm-linux CC="arm-linux-gcc -msoft-float -finline-limit=10000" \ AS="arm-linux-as" \ LD="arm-linux-ld" \ ../configure --host=arm-linux --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu \ --with-headers=linux-2.4.x/include \ --enable-add-ons --enable-shared --prefix=/usr/local/arm-linux \ --without-fp --libdir=/usr/local/arm-linux/lib/soft-float make make install 8. gcc-3.4.4 (c++, etc) tar xvzf gcc-3.4.4.tar.gz cd gcc-3.4.4 cp $(ATTACHED t-linux file) gcc/config/arm/ vi gcc/config/arm/t-linux - remove all "-Dinhibit_libc" occruances vi gcc/config/arm/linux-elf.h -- remove line that defines LIBGCC_SPEC perl -pi -e 's/int namelen/unsigned int namelen/' libjava/java/net/natInetAddressPosix.cc mkdir arm-linux cd arm-linux ../configure --target=arm-linux --disable-shared \ --prefix=/usr/local --with-headers=linux-2.4.x/include \ --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --enable-multilib make make install 9. cd / find /usr/local/arm-linux -name CVS -type d | xargs rm -rf strip /usr/local/arm-linux/bin/* strip /usr/local/bin/arm-linux-* tar cvzf /tmp/arm-linux-tools-xxxxxxxx.tar.gz \ /usr/local/arm-linux \ /usr/local/lib/gcc/arm-linux \ /usr/local/include/c++/3.4.4 \ /usr/local/bin/arm-linux-* \ /usr/local/libexec/gcc/arm-linux/3.4.4 \ /usr/local/bin/genext2fs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ APPENDIX A -- modified t-linux for gcc-3.4.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Just for these, we omit the frame pointer since it makes such a big # difference. It is then pointless adding debugging. TARGET_LIBGCC2_CFLAGS = -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC -Dinhibit_libc -D__gthr_posix LIBGCC2_DEBUG_CFLAGS = -g0 # Don't build enquire ENQUIRE= LIB1ASMSRC = arm/lib1funcs.asm LIB1ASMFUNCS = _udivsi3 _divsi3 _umodsi3 _modsi3 _dvmd_lnx \ _bb_init_func _call_via_rX _interwork_call_via_rX \ _negdf2 _addsubdf3 _muldivdf3 _cmpdf2 _unorddf2 _fixdfsi _fixunsdfsi \ _truncdfsf2 _negsf2 _addsubsf3 _muldivsf3 _cmpsf2 _unordsf2 \ _fixsfsi _fixunssfsi MULTILIB_OPTIONS = mlittle-endian/mbig-endian mhard-float/msoft-float MULTILIB_DIRNAMES = le be hard-float soft-float EXTRA_MULTILIB_PARTS = crtbegin.o crtbeginS.o crtend.o crtendS.o crti.o crtn.o LIBGCC = stmp-multilib INSTALL_LIBGCC = install-multilib T_CFLAGS = -Dinhibit_libc -D__gthr_posix_h # Assemble startup files. $(T)crti.o: $(srcdir)/config/arm/crti.asm $(GCC_PASSES) $(GCC_FOR_TARGET) $(GCC_CFLAGS) $(MULTILIB_CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) \ -c -o $(T)crti.o -x assembler-with-cpp $(srcdir)/config/arm/crti.asm $(T)crtn.o: $(srcdir)/config/arm/crtn.asm $(GCC_PASSES) $(GCC_FOR_TARGET) $(GCC_CFLAGS) $(MULTILIB_CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) \ -c -o $(T)crtn.o -x assembler-with-cpp $(srcdir)/config/arm/crtn.asm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------