Embedded Toolchain

[Anand Moon]

Hi Anuz,

Thanks for your inputs.

-Anand Moon



On Monday, November 18, 2013 9:23 PM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar <chambilkethakur at gmail.com> wrote:
  





On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 4:52 AM, Anand Moon <moon.linux at yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi All,
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>During compilation of openwrt it obviously create an embedded tookchain using the gcc, buildutils 
>and the kernel for architecture i.e. (MIPS or ARM).
>So is it that this toolchain will work for that particular architecture board only and for that particular kernel. 
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Particular board only: depends. 

Particular arch only: mostly. Arm toolchain will not work for PPC or MIPS and vice versa.

Can this new toolchain replace the old toolchain for embedded boards of same architecture i.e. MIPS or ARM.
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 Likely, the cross compile toolchains can have a lot of compatabilty issues. Which toolchain works with which arch and which version and which model are highly specific to the type of toolchain and board in question.

Please share your thoughts on this. 
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>-Anand Moon
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Anuz


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