[Lazarus] Beagle Bone

[Paul Breneman]

Michael Schnell wrote:
> Hi ARM experts,
> 
> Did anybody yet use Lazarus to do a project to be run on a BeagleBone ( 
> http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBone%20Black ) ?
> 
> Either "native", or "cross" ?
> 
> I would like to do this. The project I have in mind does not need to 
> have a GUI (nor any Android binding).
> 
> Regarding development tools, I think I would prefer a complete Cross 
> development (fpc cross compiler and Lazarus remote debugging), But a 
> native Lazarus (usable via native hardware or vie VNC or similar) might 
> also have some nice aspects.
> 
> ( In fact, regarding ARM, the utmost level I yet got working, was a 
> native fpc compiler that in fact was able to compile a "command-line" 
> project, that now nicely runs as a daemon on my QNAP home server. I (and 
> an Austrian friend I worked together with) never got a cross-compiler 
> decently (i.e. without the need to install the greatly oversized  - and 
> supposedly license-restricted - ARM cross tools by "Code Sourcery") 
> going, and we did give up on trying to make Lazarus work as a remote 
> debugging IDE. )
> 
> -Michael

If you want to test something I've tested the arm-linux native stuff 
here on the RPi so it should work on the BB:
   http://www.turbocontrol.com/easyfpgui.htm