C/C++ cross-compiler for ArmLinux

If you have problems building your own cross-compiler for ArmLinux, you can download a tarball with a precompiled C/C++ cross-compiler from this page. The compiler was built using Chris Rutter's description. Chris Rutter's description. */ ?>

This compiler was built on an i386 Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 system, which uses glibc-2.0.7. It works for us, YMMV.

Source files

The following sources were used to build this cross-compiler:

• binutils-2.9.5.0.22.tar.bz2
• linux-2.2.13.tar.gz*
• patch-2.2.13-rmk2.gz
• diff-2.2.13-rmk2-np14.gz
• gcc-2.95.2.tar.gz*
• gcc-2.95.2-diff-991022.gz
• chris-rutter-patch-for-gcc-2.95.2
• glibc-2.1.2.tar.gz*
• glibc-crypt-2.1.tar.gz*
• glibc-linuxthreads-2.1.2.tar.gz*

Links marked with a * have mirrors worldwide. Please use them.

Download

Get your copy of the cross-compiler here:

If you have problems downloading the complete 19 megabyte, use a download tool that supports continue mode on http connections. GNU wget can do the trick.

Installing the tarball

As gcc has hardcoded paths in it, you have to install it at the same place as it is on my system.

How to install: mkdir /data mkdir /data/lart cd /data/lart bzip2 -dc arm-linux-cross.tar.bz2 | tar xvf - ', "", ""); erow(); ?>

Using the cross-compiler

Simply add /data/lart/cross/bin to your path and invoke the compiler as arm-linux-gcc (for the C compiler) or arm-linux-g++ (for the C++ compiler). All other binutils are also available, have a look in /data/lart/cross/bin.

Known bugs

Compiling linux-2.2.xx kernels with this compiler sometimes fails (read: the kernel crashes at boot time) although linux-2.2.14 and newer don't seem to suffer from this bug. Linux-2.3.xx kernels can be compiled without risk with this compiler; that is: if you take the latest version of the kernel plus the ARM patch set.

New compilers

Newer compilers are available from the arm-linux ftp site and are mirrored over here:

Make sure you read the README file.