On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:34:19 +0100 Robert Schwebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 09:07:49AM +0100, Sebastien Dugue wrote:
> > > Well, in general autotools are a good idea when it comes to cross
> > > compilation, because it Just Works (TM).
> >
> > Yes but at a cost.
> 
> Unfortunately, nobody has a solution with equivalent features yet.
> Especially the fact that configure cannot be parallelized and libtool
> isn't DESTDIR aware is crappy, but in the end it is still the only
> methodology that works and is a whidespread standard.

  Right.

> 
> > Yep, this I do understand. I used to do embedded developpement on ARM
> > and DSP but never had to rely on autotools.
> 
> I could happily forward the task of crosscompiling perl, python and
> boost to you, in order to let you feel the pain :-)

  Argh, please no, I can already feel the pain :( My developement at the
time was on bare hardware (no OS, no middleware, you name it ...)

> 
> > Yes please do as I don't have any embedded target handy anymore (aside
> > from an old Nokia phone's ARM I'm playing with from time to time).
> >
> > Just note that 'config.mk' may need some tuning not to define the default
> > compiler and flags so that it would come from the environment.
> 
> My tests yesterday night have shown that we should add a DESTDIR feature
> to the makefiles, to make it easier for distributors. But I didn't have
> time to write patches yet.

  Do you mean for the realtime tests only or for the whole LTP?

> 
> However, here is a patch in order to make it compile:
> 
> user: guest
> pass: guest
> 
> https://iocaste.extern.pengutronix.de/viewsvn/ptxdist/trunks/ptxdist-trunk/patches/ltp-full-20080131/generic/ltp-full-20080131-fadvise.diff?rev=7795&view=auto

  On arm I presume? That seems to be pretty minimal and self contained, good.

  Sebastien.


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