[Scratchbox-devel] Re: [Scratchbox-users] Which toolchain for ARM ?

[Claudio Scordino]

Michael Burian wrote:
> Claudio Scordino wrote:
>> Peter Pearse wrote:
>>
>> I'm not able of understanding the differences between the toolchains
>> just from their name, and the Debian packages don't contain any useful
>> information...
>>
>> The toolchains for which I need more information are the following ones:
>>
>> scratchbox-toolchain-arm-linux-2006q1-6_1.0.4_i386.deb
>> scratchbox-toolchain-arm-linux-cs344-2.3_1.0.4_i386.deb
>> scratchbox-toolchain-arm-linux-ct401-2.3_1.0.4_i386.deb
>> scratchbox-toolchain-cs2005q3.2-glibc-arm_1.0.4_i386.deb
>> scratchbox-toolchain-cs2005q3.2-glibc-arm_1.0.5_i386.deb
>>
>> Any explanation is very welcome.
>>
> 
> there seem to be two kinds of toolchains available,
> 
> crosstool (ct) / codesourcery (cs)

Thank you very much. At least I know what these acronyms mean :)


> 
> I cannot tell you much more details, (I'd be interested either),
> but if you're just looking for something to start with,
> you could try "arm-linux-ct401-2.3". Works for me.

I need a toolchain containing the glibc. Does this toolchain contain it, or only 
cs toolchains contain the library (as seems from their name) ?


> Assuming your target isn't that different it should work for you, too.

I've a Samsung s3c2410 ARM processor. Do you have the same architecture ?

> 
> If you really need to know all the details, you can either wait
> until somebody comes up with more details, or build your own toolchain
> from scratch and integrate it as "foreign" toolchain in scratchbox.

Hopefully, some more expert will answer to our emails...

Many thanks again,

              Claudio