[oe] cortex-a9 machine build failure at gcc

[Koen Kooi]

On 23-11-09 07:14, RK Raggit wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am adding support for a cortex-a9 based machine but the build fails at gcc
> with this error -
>
> ****************
> |
> /home/work/armv7a-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/gcc-cross-initial-4.2.4-r9.1/gcc-4.2.4/gcc/crtstuff.c:1:
> error: bad value (cortex-a9) for -mtune= switch

Gcc 4.2.4 doesn't support armv7


> gcc variables in my local.conf read thus -
>
> PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc                    = "4.2.4"
> PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc-cross              = "csl-arm-2008q1"
> PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc-cross-initial      = "csl-arm-2008q1"
> PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc-cross-intermediate = "csl-arm-2008q1"

Don't use CSL toolchains, they are waaaay to broken, especially 2008qX: 
http://hardwarebug.org/2008/11/28/codesourcery-fails-again/
Stick with the default toolchain angstrom is using, it is tested on real 
hardware (CS only tests inside qemu) and is know to work well

regards,

Koen