From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19106 invoked by alias); 11 Dec 2009 19:14:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 19097 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Dec 2009 19:14:05 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-outbound-2.vmware.com (HELO smtp-outbound-2.vmware.com) (65.115.85.73) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:14:01 +0000 Received: from jupiter.vmware.com (mailhost5.vmware.com [10.16.68.131]) by smtp-outbound-2.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1A3A53067; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.20.94.141] (msnyder-server.eng.vmware.com [10.20.94.141]) by jupiter.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7138DC053; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B2299B2.3000806@vmware.com> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:14:00 -0000 From: Michael Snyder User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20090624) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ramana Radhakrishnan CC: paawan oza , Hui Zhu , "gdb@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: porting reversible on arm/mips References: <816087.35180.qm@web112515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4B218B30.4010501@vmware.com> <119734.20965.qm@web112506.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4B21B85F.1030502@vmware.com> <205443.37500.qm@web112520.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4B229428.7020400@vmware.com> <67ea2eb0912111104v361f4b1dl3c292b0575317b71@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <67ea2eb0912111104v361f4b1dl3c292b0575317b71@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-12/txt/msg00078.txt.bz2 Ramana Radhakrishnan wrote: >> That is correct. You can build arm-elf-gdb on x86 host. >> You will probably want to build arm-elf-gcc and asm and linker, >> so that you can compile test programs to simulate. > > > I would strongly encourage anyone building tools for ARM and doing > active development to be using arm-eabi target rather than arm-elf > today . The arm-elf / arm-linux targets are more or less in > maintenance only mode at the minute while arm-eabi and > arm-linux-gnueabi enjoys all the attention today. Fair enough. Ramana, do you have a favorite online guide or "how-to" for someone who wants to start building an arm cross tool chain?