Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263010AbVCDMvM (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 07:51:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262999AbVCDMrj (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 07:47:39 -0500 Received: from tim.rpsys.net ([194.106.48.114]:12208 "EHLO tim.rpsys.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262983AbVCDMmh (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 07:42:37 -0500 Message-ID: <01ef01c520b7$94bebf80$0f01a8c0@max> From: "Richard Purdie" To: "Russell King" , "Andrew Morton" Cc: , , , References: <20050302230634.A29815@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <42265023.20804@pobox.com> <20050303002733.GH10124@redhat.com> <20050302203812.092f80a0.akpm@osdl.org> <20050304105247.B3932@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20050304032632.0a729d11.akpm@osdl.org> <20050304113626.E3932@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 12:40:30 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1436 Lines: 31 Russell King: >> It's very much in an arch maintainer's interest to make sure that >> cross-compilers are easily obtainable. Any hints? > > I was thinking at the time "great, this is one problem which should be > solved". How silly of me. It seems, yet again, that it comes down to > a case of "if rmk doesn't do it, it won't get done." Sad but true. > Now, why do I keep feeling that I'm being taken advantage of all the > time? Could it be the complete lack of productive help from anyone else. I've found the arm cross compiler generated from openembedded (http://openembedded.org) to be very reliable. The big advantage in using oe would be that it is in active use so it is always highly likely to generate a working compiler. Someone just needs to make it generate a toolchain/compiler for external use[1], make it available somewhere and advertise the fact its available. Generation of the toolchain could probably be almost entirely automated. Fixes for any problems with compiler would be more than welcome for incorporation into oe short term and for submission upstream for "proper" fixing. [1] I think I've seen reference that it can already do this... Richard - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/