Re: [Ipodlinux-devel] ipodloader on ppc

[Diman T. <dim...@ri...>]

if you still dual boot with macosx... there is a precompiled arm gcc on  
applie.com (go figure :)
also www.handhelds.org provides a lot of information on arm cross  
compiling toolchains
i am afraid though they only have precompiled ones for x86
doesnt debian have a precompiled ppc arm cross compiler? just a guess

regards
diman

On Mar 23, 2004, at 9:35 AM, Bernard Leach wrote:

>
> Hi Steven,
>
> Sorry about the ppc bug, I think it was you that reported it some time  
> ago...
> Its been fixed in cvs but not in the release version.  The CVS version  
> also
> has an endian fix for the extraction code so you probably should grab  
> the cvs
> version for now.  This bug may be the cause of the folder icon.
>
> The other problems you are seeing I would guess to be related to the  
> build
> tools you are using.  I'm not sure where you can get a prebuild  
> ppc-arm cross
> compiler but perhaps you could grab the source distribution from  
> uclinux and
> build that?
>
> cheers,
> bern.
>
> Steven Lucy <sl...@uc...> said:
>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> I haven't been around these parts for a while, but I'm trying to  
>> catch up
>> with everything that's been done.  I'm running into two independent  
>> problems:
>>
>> One is with the ipodloader.  I'm running gentoo on ppc with a g1  
>> ipod.  Once
>> I change the "char c" to "int c" so the thing doesn't get stuck in  
>> the loop
>> (line 260), it appears to make make_fw alright.  For the  
>> cross-compiled
>> stuff, however, I get the following error:
>>
>> "
>> arm-uclibc-gcc -Wl,-Tarm_elf_40.x -nostartfiles -o loader startup.o  
>> loader.o
> tools.o tux.o
>>
> /home/local/uclibc/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/arm-linux/3.2.1/../../../../arm- 
> linux/bin/ld.real:
>> loader: Not enough room for program headers, try linking with -N
>>
> /home/local/uclibc/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/arm-linux/3.2.1/../../../../arm- 
> linux/bin/ld.real:
>> final link failed: Bad value
>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>> make: *** [loader] Error 1
>> "
>>
>> If I add -N to LDFLAGS in Makefile, everything compiles nicely, but  
>> when I
>> follow the instructions in the README I just get a "folder!" icon  
>> when I try
>> to boot my ipod.  I don't know if the -N is the culprit (not very  
>> familiar
>> with linking), or if it's something else (endian problem?).  Is there  
>> a newer
>> (CVS?) copy I could get my hands on?  Is anyone else experiencing  
>> these
>> problems and I just missed the message?
>>
>> The second problem comes when trying to compile the kernel.   
>> Actually, it's
>> before I even get to that point.  After I "make oldconfig", I "make  
>> dep" but
>> get the following error:
>>
>> "
>> make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/uc/linux-2.4.20/drivers/video/aty'
>> make -C intel fastdep
>> make: *** intel: No such file or directory.  Stop.
>> "
>>
>> I didn't used to get that message when cross compiling a kernel for  
>> the ipod,
>> so perhaps it's one of the new patches?
>>
>> Thanks for any help,
>> Steven
>>
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