----- "Thomas Martitz" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 08.06.2010 02:11, schrieb Andrew Poelstra: > > I am well aware of the dangers of incompatible tools. :) > > > > But last time with rockboxdev.sh I tried installing arm-elf and > > arm-eabi tools at the same time, and I ended up with compilation > > errors partway through the build. Not sure what the cause was, > > but in the end I downloaded the gcc/binutils/newlib sources > > (from the URLs in rockboxdev.sh, no less!) and built them myself. > > > > > > You probably lacked gmp and mpfr which are required to build newer > GCCs. I think there were warnings about this and I managed to install them from the Fedora repository. So it was likely something else. > The new rockboxdev.sh has a work around so they're not needed to be > installed explicitly. > > I'm wondering what newlib has to do with it. We don't use it at all. > I realized it was unnecessary after the fact - but when the compilation failed I tried the instructions on gnuarm.org, which included newlib. > > Just started running rockboxdev.sh again - this time things are > > looking much better. So far. :) > > > > > > Good luck :) > This time it went off flawlessly. Awesome. No more soft-float/hard- float incompatibilities! Thanks, Andrew
