[Lazarus] on ARM Linux ,SoftFloat and EABI issues

[Nataraj S Narayan]

Hi Henry

Please give me the exact command used by you for compiling.

regards

Nataraj

Henry Vermaak wrote:
> 2008/5/31 Nataraj S Narayan <nataraj at gsis.ac.in>:
>   
>> Henry,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestions. Will try cross compiling. I cross compile using
>> "/home/nataraj/arm-2008q1/arm-none-linux-gnueabi-".
>>
>> Freepascal wiki says to install fpc for the native x86 machine first.
>> Then go for fpc-arm version 2.0.4. Which version of fpc should i install
>> in native host - 2.2.0 or 2.0.4? Also, for cross compiling 2.0.4 ,how do
>> i specify the said cross bin utils ?
>>     
>
> i use trunk to cross compile for arm, but i think fixes_2_2 will also
> work.  you should use 2.2.0 as a starting compiler (but 2.0.4) also
> works for me.
>
> you have to tell the build system where your binutils are
> (BINUTILSDIR=/home/nataraj/arm-2008q1/) and what prefix you use
> (BINUTILSPREFIX=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-).  then you need to use
> CROSSOPT="-CfSOFT" for the softfloat business.
>
> all the packages get built for me, it just dies near the end of make
> crossinstall.
>
> the buildfaq contains good info (thanks to marco):
> www.stack.nl/~marcov/buildfaq.pdf
>
> henry
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