[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] gcc 4.8.x does not compile a working kernel for sparc

Waldemar Brodkorb wbx at openadk.org
Sat Jun 14 07:15:42 UTC 2014


Hi Peter,
Peter Korsgaard wrote,

> >>>>> "Waldemar" == Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx at openadk.org> writes:
> 
>  > Since the switch to 4.8.x as default, the qemu-sparc target is broken.
>  > For a gcc bug report see here:
>  > https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60624
> 
>  > Switch back to gcc 4.7.x as default for sparc.
>  > Disable 4.8/4.9 as suggested by Thomas Petazzoni.
>  > I even disabled gcc snapshot, it works right now, because
>  > it is an old 4.8.0 snapshot by default, but as soon as this is updated
>  > sparc build will break.
> 
>  > Signed-off-by: Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx at openadk.org>
>  > ---
>  >  package/gcc/Config.in.host |    7 ++++---
>  >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
>  > diff --git a/package/gcc/Config.in.host b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
>  > index 3bdfffc..309750c 100644
>  > --- a/package/gcc/Config.in.host
>  > +++ b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
>  > @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ choice
>  >  	prompt "GCC compiler Version"
>  >  	default BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_4_X if BR2_sparc_sparchfleon || BR2_sparc_sparchfleonv8 || BR2_sparc_sparcsfleon || BR2_sparc_sparcsfleonv8
>  >  	default BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_2_2_AVR32_2_1_5 if BR2_avr32
>  > +	default BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_7_X if BR2_sparc
> 
> On a related note, this was presumably for the v8 variant? 

Yes.

> Do you know
> if we still need to stick to gcc 4.4.x for the leon variants?

I have no idea. I asked about the price of a leon3 evaluation board
in the past, but 1000 euro was to high for me. The simulators are
non-free, so I could not try these. Do you have hardware or a
license for leon simulators? Who has added support for these
systems?

best regards
 Waldemar



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