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This page has links to various tool chains and tool chain resources, which might
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== Toolchain sites ==
 
=== General ===
 
==== Crosstool ====
 
Jim Wilson said the following on LKML:
 
I recommend Dan Kegel's page for anyone trying to build a cross compiler
 
to linux.  See
 
    http://kegel.com/crosstool
 
This isn't very hard to follow, and it gives you a properly configured
 
and built gcc/glibc for the target.
 
 
 
The University of Szeged has been doing benchmarking of GNU tools
 
across processor architectures, but including ARM.  There's a site at
 
http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/gcc-arm/
 
 
 
==== Debian ====
 
Debian has packages which support cross-compilation.
 
The following source packages can be used to build cross-compilers.
 
** http://packages.debian.org/testing/devel/toolchain-source
 
** http://packages.debian.org/testing/devel/toolchain-source-gdb
 
** http://packages.debian.org/testing/devel/toolchain-source-newlib
 
 
 
There are also (binary) library/headers packages, from
 
Debian packages for the target architectures, which support cross-compilation.
 
 
 
dpkg-cross is a tool for installing libraries and headers for cross compiling
 
in a way similar to dpkg. See:
 
** http://packages.debian.org/testing/utils/dpkg-cross
 
 
 
Please see /usr/share/doc/toolchain-source/README from the toolchain-source
 
package for more information.
 
 
 
=== Architecture-specific ===
 
==== ARM ====
 
You may wish to examine the following mailing list: linux-arm-toolchain@lists.arm.linux.org.uk
 
 
 
Several ARM toolchain combo's have been discussed often in the recent
 
past.  List archives are at: http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/pipermail/linux-arm-toolchain/
 
 
 
===== Building GCC 4.0 from scratch =====
 
* How to build a gcc 4.0 ARM toolchain from scratch: http://linux.omap.com/pipermail/linux-omap-open-source/2005-November/005665.html
 
 
 
===== CodeSourcery =====
 
You can now download ARM GNU tool chains (source and pre-built releases) from http://www.codesourcery.com where you will have regular builds of the tool chain, integrating support for new core functionality. The current release include support for ARM v6 cores (binutils) and VFP support.
 
 
 
===== handhelds.org reference =====
 
Kristian S�rensen wrote:
 
 
 
We have had success using the ARM toolchain specified by handhelds.org. There
 
are both a binary available and a script for building your own.
 
 
 
A description of the toolchain and how to use it on a HP iPAQ is available in
 
our Master's Thesis in Appendix A (p 92). This may be downloaded here:
 
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/umbrella/Umbrella.pdf?download
 
 
 
Jamey Hicks wrote:
 
The handhelds.org toolchain binaries, sources, and build script are at ftp://ftp.handhelds.org/pub/linux/arm/toolchain/
 
 
 
The build script is actually crosstool 0.27, with slight changes I made to it for the particular selection of binutils, gcc, and glibc versions.
 
 
 
===== Greg Ungerer ARM multi-lib toolchain build =====
 
Greg writes:
 
 
 
Maybe this is interresting to some.
 
This is the instructions I put together for building a gcc-3.3.4
 
based ARM toolchain that is multi-lib-ed to be able to build for
 
all of big and little endian targets, and using either soft
 
or hard float.
 
 
 
http://ftp.snapgear.org/pub/snapgear/tools/arm-linux/build-arm-linux-3.4.4
 
 
 
Its nice just having one tool chain for all those varients
 
(I generate code for both little and big endian targets on a
 
daily basis, and everything from small non-mmu ARM7 cores to
 
xscale, all with the same tool chain).
 
 
 
== Toolchain downloads ==
 
Some member companies have provided sources and binaries for toolchains
 
they are using for forum work.
 
 
 
/\ These are all provided on terms of: "use at your own risk".
 
 
 
=== ARM and MIPS toolchains from Sony ===
 
- ''Note that this information is now out of date (for linux-2.4)''.
 
- How to install - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/INSTALL.txt INSTALL.txt]
 
 
 
- ARM toolchain - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/armv4tl-celf-linux-toolchain.tar.gz arvv4tl-celf-linux-toolchain.tar.gz] (22 MB)
 
- MIPS toolchain - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/mipsel-celf-linux-toolchain.tar.gz mipsel-celf-linux-toolchain.tar.gz] (25 MB)
 
 
 
- Sources:
 
  - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/gcc-3.2.3.tar.gz gcc-3.2.3.tar.gz] (27 MB)
 
  - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/gcc-patch.tar.gz gcc-patch.tar.gz] (29 KB)
 
  - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/binutils-2.12.1.tar.bz2 binutils-2.12.1.tar.bz2] (9 MB)
 
  - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/binutils-patch.tar.gz binutils-patch.tar.gz] (14 KB)
 
 
 
=== i386 and SH toolchains from Lineo Solutions ===
 
- i386 toolchain [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/tools_i686_RPMS.tar.gz tools_i686_RPMS.tar.gz] (28 MB)
 
- SH toolchain [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/tools_sh4_RPMS.tar.gz tools_sh4_RPMS.tar.gz] (24 MB)
 
 
 
- Sources:
 
  - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/tools_i686_SRPMS.tar.gz tools_i686_SRPMS.tar.gz] (43 MB)
 
  - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/tools_sh4_SRPMS.tar.gz tools_sh4_SRPMS.tar.gz] (40 MB)
 
 
 
- Packages for user-space programs:
 
  - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/Userland_i686_RPMS.tar.gz Userland_i686_RPMS.tar.gz] (41 MB)
 
  - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/Userland_sh4_RPMS.tar.gz Userland_sh4_RPMS.tar.gz] (47 MB)
 
  - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/Userland_SRPMS.tar.gz Userland_SRPMS.tar.gz] (123 MB)
 
 
 
=== ARM/Thumb toolchain from Panasonic ===
 
- Software information regarding this package - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/PMCinfomation.txt PMCinformation.txt]
 
- How to install - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/PMCinstall.txt PMCinstall.txt]
 
- Sources:
 
  - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/cross-gcc-3.3.1-7.0.24.0500655.src.rpm cross-gcc-3.3.1-7.0.24.0500655.src.rpm](31 MB)
 
  - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/PMC.patch PMC.patch] (8 KB)
 
- Binaries:
 
  - [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/toolchains/mvlcee3.1_thumb.for_export_050531.tgz mvlcee3.1_thumb.for_export_050531.tgz] (388 MB)
 
 
 
== Distributions ==
 
Some distributions provide toolchains as part of their offerings.
 
The following free/unsupported distributions are available.
 
 
 
==== Snap Gear ====
 
[http://www.snapgear.org SnapGear] provides a [http://www.uclinux.org/ uCLinux] distribution CD.  On the web page, there is source and binaries for
 
toolchains for several architectures.
 
 
 
See http://www.uclinux.org/pub/uClinux/dist
 
 
 
==== ELDK ====
 
The Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK)is produced by
 
Wolfgang Denk. His company, Denx Software Engineering just released, as of November 2004,
 
a  new  version  of the  ELDK  (release 3.1) for [[PowerPC]], ARM and MIPS systems. Allthough
 
it doesn't actively use 2.6 kernels yet, the  toolchain  can
 
be used for these, too.
 
 
 
See http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/ELDK
 
 
 
==== [[Open Embedded]] ====
 
There is a project called OpenEmbedded which aims at making a free
 
embedded distribution (with build system).
 
 
 
See http://openembedded.org and the [http://www.openembedded.org/wiki OE wiki]
 
 
 
==== [[Tux Screen]] ====
 
TuxScreen and uClibc projects have build systems that generate complete toolchains, jffs2 filesytem images, bootloader etc.
 
* http://TuxScreen.net/
 
* http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/tuxscreen/buildroot-tux/
 
 
 
==== uClibc ====
 
* http://uClibc.org/
 
* http://buildroot.uclibc.org/
 
 
 
== Tool Chains ==
 
 
 
The first thing you need for an Embedded Linux system is a [[Tool Chain]].
 
 
 
Here are random pointers to some resources:
 
 
 
* [http://www.kegel.com/crosstool/ CrossTools package]
 
* ftp://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/toolchain/
 
* http://www.emdebian.org/crossdev.html
 
* http://www.lart.tudelft.nl/lartware/compile-tools/
 
* http://handhelds.org/z/wiki/Toolchains
 
* ftp://ftp.handhelds.org/pub/linux/arm/toolchain/
 
* ftp://ftp.handhelds.org/pub/linux/arm/toolchain/source/
 
* ftp://ftp.handhelds.org/pub/linux/arm/toolchain/jacques
 
* ftp://ftp.handhelds.org/pub/linux/arm/toolchain/monmotha/
 
* http://www.armlinux.org/docs/toolchain/toolchHOWTO/x43.html
 
* http://buildroot.uclibc.org/
 
* http://www.denx.de/re/ELDK.html
 
* http://cvs.gentoo.org/~zwelch/xcompile.html
 
 
 
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