Building Arm Gnu Cross Compiler

Building ARM GNU Cross compiler

This was a bit of red-herring. Apparently cross-compling a tool chain for an existing system with a working GLIBC doesn't require GLIBC to be recompiled. I honestly don't know how I ignored this fact.

So even though I still don't know how to cross compile GCC and GLIBC, as I only need GCC I'm going to mark this as closed.

If I can, I'll come back to this post and mark what I eventually did.

EDIT:

Checkout this.

Building native GCC from sourcecode for ARM

You can probably get this done using optware-ng. Check out the instructions I wrote for DS215j which has the same processor type.

When you have installed optware-ng you can just use

ipkg install gcc

to install gcc 5.3.0 which worked very well on my DS215j.

Downloading gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-x86_64-aarch64-none-linux-gnu from source, failed building libc

even I am also taking the same course, after trying for sometime, I am able to figure out how to install the cross-compiler, after referring to this link

https://gist.github.com/eltonvs/e7cd472dded89e7dcf4aea822e8121c1

in that page, they have given example with "gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.8-2014.03_linux.tar.xz"

in my case, I have downloaded "gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-x86_64-aarch64-none-linux-gnu.tar.xz",

1. download gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-x86_64-aarch64-none-linux-gnu.tar.xz, make sure that you download the correct file.

2. tar -zxf gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-x86_64-aarch64-none-linux-gnu.tar.xz

3. then copy or move the folder which you get after untar to /opt/ directory

4. write a simple .c file and compile it using

   /opt/gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-x86_64-aarch64-none-linux-gnu/bin/aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc a.c (give your sample .c file name here)

5. run below command to check if the binary is created for ARM or not.

   file a.out (give your binary name which got generated after compilation)

Cross compiling with arm-linux-gnueabihf

You are pointing to your native header files directory, /usr/include, in your build command. This is very likely the cause of your problem. Try this command instead:

~/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -Isrc -std=c++11 -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -O0 -g3 -D__DEBUG_BUILD__ -DDEVELOPMENT -MMD -c -o "Debug/src/BatteryStatus.o" "src/BatteryStatus.cpp

The default directories used by the toolchain can be displayed using:

echo | /opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -v -x c -E -

Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc
Target: arm-linux-gnueabihf
Configured with: /tmp/dgboter/bbs/rhev-vm8--rhe6x86_64/buildbot/rhe6x86_64--arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/src/gcc/configure --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --prefix= --with-sysroot=/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc --with-build-sysroot=/tmp/dgboter/bbs/rhev-vm8--rhe6x86_64/buildbot/rhe6x86_64--arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/build-arm-linux-gnueabihf/install//arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc --with-bugurl=https://bugs.linaro.org/ --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-shared --disable-libssp --disable-libmudflap --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --with-gmp=/tmp/dgboter/bbs/rhev-vm8--rhe6x86_64/buildbot/rhe6x86_64--arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/build-arm-linux-gnueabihf/host-tools --with-mpfr=/tmp/dgboter/bbs/rhev-vm8--rhe6x86_64/buildbot/rhe6x86_64--arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/build-arm-linux-gnueabihf/host-tools --with-mpc=/tmp/dgboter/bbs/rhev-vm8--rhe6x86_64/buildbot/rhe6x86_64--arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/build-arm-linux-gnueabihf/host-tools --with-isl=/tmp/dgboter/bbs/rhev-vm8--rhe6x86_64/buildbot/rhe6x86_64--arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/build-arm-linux-gnueabihf/host-tools --with-arch=armv7-a --with-fpu=neon --with-float=hard --with-arch=armv7-a --with-pkgversion='GNU Toolchain for the A-profile Architecture 8.3-2019.03 (arm-rel-8.36)'
Thread model: posix
gcc version 8.3.0 (GNU Toolchain for the A-profile Architecture 8.3-2019.03 (arm-rel-8.36)) 
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-E'  '-mfloat-abi=hard' '-mfpu=neon' '-mtls-dialect=gnu' '-marm' '-march=armv7-a+simd'
 /opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../libexec/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/cc1 -E -quiet -v -iprefix /opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/ -isysroot /opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc - -mfloat-abi=hard -mfpu=neon -mtls-dialect=gnu -marm -march=armv7-a+simd
ignoring duplicate directory "/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc/usr/local/include"
ignoring duplicate directory "/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/include-fixed"
ignoring duplicate directory "/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/include
 /opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/include-fixed
 /opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/include
 /opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc/usr/include
End of search list.
# 1 "<stdin>"
# 1 "<built-in>"
# 1 "<command-line>"
# 31 "<command-line>"
# 1 "/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc/usr/include/stdc-predef.h" 1 3 4
# 32 "<command-line>" 2
# 1 "<stdin>"
COMPILER_PATH=/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../libexec/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/:/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../libexec/gcc/:/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/
LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/:/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/:/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/:/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc/lib/:/opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc/usr/lib/
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-E'  '-mfloat-abi=hard' '-mfpu=neon' '-mtls-dialect=gnu' '-marm' '-march=armv7-a+simd'

That is, on my system, the correct, default directories for the header files would be:

 /opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/include
 /opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/include-fixed
 /opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/include
 /opt/arm/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc/usr/include

and not /usr/include.

Does the the 'linux' version of arm gcc compiler support -cpu=cortex-m4?

The compiler for 32-bit ARM on Ubuntu is arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc or arm-none-eabi-gcc, roughly according to whether you want to compile code to run on a Linux OS or on bare metal. Look for the packages gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf or gcc-arm-none-eabi.

The aarch64 compilers only support 64-bit ARM.

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