[OE-core] [PATCH 3/9] gcc-cross: Make gcc-cross-initial as the only intermediate gcc stage

[Elvis Dowson]

Hi Khem,

On Oct 9, 2012, at 5:48 PM, Elvis Dowson wrote:

> So, now I've got gcc-4.5.4 working with eglibc-2.13, upto the point where the kconfig infrastructure was added.
> 
> Next, to add the kconfig infrastructure to eglibc-2.13, and fast forward to the tip of the poky master branch, and
> see if things are still ok, with the PowerPC440.

Good news, I was able to get the backported patches for gcc-4.5.4 and eglibc-2.13 working with the latest poky and meta-openembedded master branch commits. This includes the gcc toolchain rework and the kconfig support to eglibc.

Let me now try to switch to gcc-4.7.2 and eglibc-2.16, and see if things work. I noticed that there was a recent patch to fix a core-image.bb class, that prevented root login if debug tweaks was enabled. Perhaps that is why I didn't see the boot prompt on the target console with the recent gcc versions?

Best regards,

Elvis Dowson