[U-Boot-Users] Help request, MPC5200 Lite -- i386 cross-compiling
Nye Liu
nyet at mrv.com
Thu Nov 20 20:56:39 CET 2003
Use the DENX cross-compiler, unless you are VERY familiar with gcc3.3-isms
Compiling u-boot under gcc3.3 powerpc hosted on x86 is possible, it is
just a HUGE pain getting the environment right unless you have done that
sort of thing before.
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 11:43:38AM -0800, Victor Wren wrote:
> I'm trying to get a boot loader running on the 5200, but I'm getting stuck at
> the compilation of the images. I only have a Pentium2 Redhat 9 environment
> to work from. I downloaded GCC 3.3.1, bintools 2.11.90 and built them both
> with a target of powerpc-linux.
>
> To build the MPC5200LITE images, I used 'make MPC5200LITE' which in rummaging
> through the configuration files in the "board" directory seems to select the
> correct defaults for flash size and such on the rev 2 board. My problem
> seems to be in my cross-compiler toolset in any case.
>
> I changed the line CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_8xx-
> to CROSS_COMPILE = powerpc-linux- because that seemed to be the architecture
> that it was using (when I didn't change it, I got a goodly pile of ppc_8xx
> related failures). Now the make largely goes ahead, but when it hits a
> certain point (stubs.c in the 'examples' directory) it errors out with many
> repetitions of "Error: Relocation cannot be done when using -mrelocatable"
>
> This would seem to be something dead-simple that I'm missing in building a
> cross-compiler, because nobody else seems to have this problem. Any
> suggestions? I built GCC without changing the prefix, so it built in
> /usr/local/powerpc-linux and /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-linux/ Do I need
> to add something to ld.so.conf? The Makefile does seem to be finding the
> path. Sorry about my ignorance. I'm really a mechanical designer in
> disguise, and I'm definitely new to cross-compiling.
>
> I have one other question: In the archives for the forum, I noticed a
> contribution to the CVS regarding a low-loading image config. The assertion
> was that this image would load at 0xFF000000, and that moving the boot jumper
> to the "low" position would boot there. According to the docs I have from
> Motorola, moving the jumper to the "low" position boots from 0x00000100
> (SDRAM). High boot is 0xFFF00100 (FLASH)
> ("Lite5200 Manual.pdf", page 19)
>
> Is there a misprint in the manual?
>
> Thanks,
> Victor Wren
>
>
>
> Victor Wren
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