Robert: Is this what you are using to build the kernel then?
Walt On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 1:17:56 PM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Robert Nelson <robert...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Walter Schilling <schi...@msoe.edu > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Good afternoon: > >> > >> I am getting ready to teach a class using the Beaglebone Black for a > set of > >> college students. Last year we were caught in the short supply of the > black > >> boards, so I'm getting started abit earlier. However, I'm trying to > figure > >> out the best distro and cross compilation environment to use. Last > year I > >> used a Ubuntu distro with the Debian image and while things went OK, > there > >> were some quirks. Based on feedback, I was planning on switching to a > >> Debian distro, and I started building a VM for them to use for this > purpose. > >> However, it seems as if Debian is no longer including the > >> gcc-arm-Linux-gnueabihf package, and many of the sites have indicated > this > >> is now obsolete. > >> > >> With that being the case, what is the current recommended cross > compiler and > >> platform for Beaglebone Black development? > > > > So right now there's a binutils for armhf in debian jessie: > > > > https://packages.debian.org/jessie/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf > > > > However the "gcc" cross compiler is still stuck in sid: > > > > https://packages.debian.org/sid/cpp-4.9-arm-linux-gnueabihf > > > > So once that migrates to jessie (if it migrates) you'll have matching > > armhf cross gcc/binutils/libs that can used to cross build projects > > for the bbb running jessie. > > Based on: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766626 > > This delay is expected.. So for users which to cross build packages, > running Debian Jessie on the desktop (amd64 only) and running debian > jessie on the bbb (1), they'll have matching gcc/lib/etc.. > > 1: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Jessie_Snapshot > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > http://www.rcn-ee.com/ > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
