[Buildroot] Enabling oprofiler package on buildroot-2009.08 (MIPS cross-compilation)

[Hans-Christian Egtvedt]

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:44:55 +0530
Joe tech <joetech20 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have downloaded the latest buildroot (version 2009.08) and have
> crosscompiled it for Mips32 arch. I am using the latest packages, gcc 4.3.3,
> binutils 2.19.1, uClibc-0.9.30.1 &  busybox-1.14.3. Now, I am trying to
> enable the oprofiler package. But i am not succesful in getting the
> oprofiler package compiled. On enabling oprofiler package, i get the error
> "libbfd is not supported". I have verified that libbfd.so is not created in
> the binutils directory.
> Any idea on how to get out of this issue? which is the best way to resolve
> this dependency?
> I am stuck with this error for quiet sometime and not able to proceed
> further. Request some help from any of the users. I suppose, this is the
> best mailing list to get support on buildroot related issues. Let me know if
> you think there a better forum wherein i can put forward this issue.
> 

The binutils-target must be built, this will generate the libbfd
library you are missing. I have no clue if this works smooth in current
Buildroot.

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Best regards,
Hans-Christian Egtvedt