cross compile on OSX ?

Started by benbiles, August 22, 2014, 05:55:29 AM

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benbiles

Hi, I would like to cross compile libtimecode https://github.com/x42/libtimecode to run on imx233 olimex baord.

I am using OSX. is there a cross compiler for OSX? or am I better off installing linux on an old pc and using that?

If its easier to use Linux, which distro would be the best for this purpose? I used to build custom linux Kernels years ago but
have no experience in cross compile / debug.

Ultimately it would be nice to learn how to cross compile / debug then build a release package!




mbergmann

Hi benbiles,

you may check out Roland Lang's posts on http://tblog.rool.at/ for installing the cross-compiler on OSX.
The blog post is basically for RasbPi, but the principles are the same.

Regards

Mike

benbiles

thanks Mike, will give this method a try this week and report back.. might save me going out and buying an old
Lenovo laptop and installing ubuntu on it.. i might still do that anyway..

Its an embarrassingly newby question but if gcc comes with olimex imx233 ready to run on the boards OS could i compile the code directly on the board rather than using a cross compiler at all?

or would that take the board weeks to compile? my end goal is to get things like ltc-tools compiled and running https://github.com/x42/ltc-tools

also i think i read somewhere the imx233 is actually arm5 source or something, does that effect the osx guide?


thanks again, ben

mbergmann

Hi,

ARM is great for 'developing for', but not so great for 'developing on', so I prefer a cross-compiler.

For the ARM architecture simply specify:

CFLAGS += -mcpu=arm926ej-s -march=armv5te

To make the code working on i.MX233

Regards

Mike

benbiles

Ok, thanks,  I'll just stick to using a cross compiler then ( hopefuly running on osx). Also will need to find a way to terminal over uart usb cable f.. Hopfuly that won't be a stumbling block with osx too..
I just realised I'll have to compile any needed dependencies if they are not already available,  so I suppose it would take forever on the imx233 even if it would compile.. Will post back if I run into any probs.