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Old 12-26-2011, 08:52 PM   #1
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I found the x-compile shell history and tried to replicate the settings there, without changing anything not mentioned (ie. if included already in my default ct-ng config I left the feature enabled), but the ct-ng exited with an error. Could anyone share a .config file for ct-ng that works? and possibly explain the process and the patch files a bit more?
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Old 12-27-2011, 04:43 AM   #2
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I am not sure what are the pros/cons of using the different toolchains and I am by no means an expert in this embedded stuff, but I found the CodeSourcery's compilers to be very simple to setup and use. You can download from here. The flags that should be used when compiling for DX and K3 are "-mcpu=arm1136jf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=softfp".
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Some kindles have a floating point processor, so could use different flags.
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Old 12-27-2011, 10:19 PM   #4
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I would prefer to learn how to do it through ct-ng because it is foss
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Old 12-28-2011, 01:46 AM   #5
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Some kindles have a floating point processor, so could use different flags.
Yep, Kindle DXG has hardware FP and AFAIK the flags from my post above make use of it. Perhaps you were confused by the 'softfp' part, but it references just to the calling convention (more info here).

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Just for the record, CS toolchain is just a prepackaged GCC (so OSS too). Think Ubuntu vs "Linux From Scratch".
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I'm using a Gentoo system, so I'm using patches/work-arounds based on the Portage ebuilds, plus the few patches included in the archive for Kindle/x-tc related hacks/workarounds. And I went the 'hard' way of using a recent gcc/glibc combo instead of the exact same (old) TC as on the Kindle, so there's a few hoops to jump through to avoid ABI mismatches.

That explains the relative mess compared to the usual (./configure && make) .

AFAIK, unless you're missing a full development environment on your host, you shouldn't have any issue with ct-ng itself. What seems to be the problem, exactly? (check/post the log).

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Old 12-30-2011, 12:08 PM   #7
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It looks like it was unable to curl for the linaro tarball, I have gone ahead and manually downloaded and added the linaro tarball to the .build/tarballs/ folder and hopefully it will find it on re-run and skip downloading it. Will let you know in a bit.
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Old 12-30-2011, 02:42 PM   #8
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So after re-running it I am getting a "Build failed in step 'Extracting and patching toolchain components'" error, more specifically it looks like it is "make[1]: *** [configure-gcc] Error 1". I am going to attach the log file shortly

Edit: Here is a link for the log file
http://www.crocko.com/2A49758F222046...E100/build.log

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[ALL ] Unknown CPU used in --with-cpu=arm1146jf-s
It's arm1136jf-s .
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FYI, the settings I'm using with ct-ng defaults to the 'hard' float-abi (if gcc -Q -v is to be trusted, which it should ^^), and that seems to work ok (so far? The ARM attributes seems to be missing from the K3 binaries, so I can't say for sure which ABI the K3 system was built for. On the other hand, the hard float ABI seems to have been properly introduced only somewhere around GCC 4.5, so I'm a bit confused. Also, not sure it matters that much on an armv6 chip. But, yeah, the K4 *looks* like it's using softfp.) .

So, err, I'll go with 'it seems to work fine for now', and we'll see if I manage to break stuff in new & interesting ways when I get my hands on a Kindle running on a Cortex! .

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As I said, this embedded/ARM stuff is new to me, but good to know about these alternative settings anyway.
Moreover one purpose that forums like this one serve is to be a sort of knowledge base, so it's good when such info is recorded in relevant threads.
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Old 01-06-2012, 12:52 AM   #12
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It's arm1136jf-s .
I noticed this a few days ago but life has been hectic and i havent had too much time. I am building it now fingers crossed.

On an OT note, is anyone an expert in android phones/ cell networks, i am having an issue with an Samsung galaxy s i9000t that i have unlocked on Att where it gets really spotty coverage.
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Below is the issue I am having with the cpu correctly set (I used 'grep "1146" ./config* ' in the build dir where i invoked "ct-ng build"

[mpetersen@mpetersen-sam ct-ngKindle]$ ct-ng build
[INFO ] Performing some trivial sanity checks
[INFO ] Build started 20120106.004357
[INFO ] Building environment variables
[INFO ] ================================================== ===============
[INFO ] Retrieving needed toolchain components' tarballs
[INFO ] Retrieving needed toolchain components' tarballs: done in 0.12s (at 00:10)
[INFO ] ================================================== ===============
[INFO ] Extracting, patching and installing companion tools
[INFO ] Extracting, patching and installing companion tools: done in 17.97s (at 00:28)
[INFO ] ================================================== ===============
[INFO ] Extracting and patching toolchain components
[INFO ] Extracting and patching toolchain components: done in 9.20s (at 00:37)
[INFO ] ================================================== ===============
[INFO ] Installing GMP
[INFO ] Installing GMP: done in 37.62s (at 01:15)
[INFO ] ================================================== ===============
[INFO ] Installing MPFR
[INFO ] Installing MPFR: done in 15.29s (at 01:30)
[INFO ] ================================================== ===============
[INFO ] Installing PPL
[INFO ] Installing PPL: done in 135.73s (at 03:46)
[INFO ] ================================================== ===============
[INFO ] Installing CLooG/ppl
[INFO ] Installing CLooG/ppl: done in 5.15s (at 03:51)
[INFO ] ================================================== ===============
[INFO ] Installing MPC
[INFO ] Installing MPC: done in 6.95s (at 03:58)
[INFO ] ================================================== ===============
[INFO ] Installing binutils
[INFO ] Installing binutils: done in 44.29s (at 04:42)
[INFO ] ================================================== ===============
[INFO ] Installing static core C compiler
[ERROR] make[1]: *** [configure-gcc] Error 1
[ERROR]
[ERROR] >>
[ERROR] >> Error happened in: main[scripts/crosstool-NG.sh]
[ERROR] >>
[ERROR] >> For more info on this error, look at the file: 'build.log'
[ERROR] >> There is a list of known issues, some with workarounds, in:
[ERROR] >> '/usr/share/doc/ct-ng-1.13.2/B - Known issues.txt'
[ERROR]
[ERROR] Build failed in step 'Extracting and patching toolchain components'
[ERROR]
[ERROR] (elapsed: 5:17.57)
[05:18] / make: *** [build] Error 2
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[ERROR] >>
[ERROR] >> Error happened in: main[scripts/crosstool-NG.sh]
[ERROR] >>
[ERROR] >> For more info on this error, look at the file: 'build.log'
[ERROR] >> There is a list of known issues, some with workarounds, in:
[ERROR] >> '/usr/share/doc/ct-ng-1.13.2/B - Known issues.txt'
[ERROR]
[ERROR] Build failed in step 'Extracting and patching toolchain components'
[ERROR]
[ERROR] (elapsed: 5:17.57)
[05:18] / make: *** [build] Error 2
Look into the file build.log, there are details about what went wrong.
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Old 01-06-2012, 02:53 PM   #15
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I am pretty sure that when i had this issue previously, the build log is in fact identical to this and tells you to check itself, i will inspect this later from home
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