[U-Boot] error in the make: bad value in the asm-offsets.c file

[Chris Packham]

On Fri, 9 Nov 2018, 2:08 AM Sarah Wicker <S.Wicker at primes.de wrote:

> Hi Chris, Ian,
>
> i tested with downloading and installing the package through the terminal,
> changing the CROSS_COMPILE value and redoing the make, it didn#t work.
>
> So i tried using the first link
> https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/ and later
> https://toolchains.bootlin.com/ but still the same result.
>
>
>
> Each time have added the path tot he binary files to my main path (export
> PATH=‘pwd‘$PATH) and changing the CROSS_COMPILER value according the
> package i wanted to use but the error stayed the same.
>
>
>
> In the end I used the package: armv5-eabi--glibc--stable-2018.02-2.tar.gz2
> since the error messages is referring to armv5. Unpacked it into another
> folder, linked the path tot he binary files and export
> CROSS_COMPILE=arm-buildroot-linux-gnueabi-
>
> But i still got the same error… Do you have another idea?
>
> Thank yuo a lot for your help,
>

I think to get a better idea of what's going on you should post a complete
console log starting from a new shell setting PATH & CROSS_COMPILE up to
the build error.

Also just as a test to check your compiler run ${CROSS_COMPILE}cc --version

> Sarah
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> *Von:* Chris Packham [mailto:judge.packham at gmail.com]
> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 7. November 2018 23:00
> *An:* Ian Kane <ikane at codeblue.com>
> *Cc:* Sarah Wicker <S.Wicker at PRIMES.de>; u-boot <u-boot at lists.denx.de>
> *Betreff:* Re: [U-Boot] error in the make: bad value in the asm-offsets.c
> file
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> Hi Ian, Sarah,
>
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2018, 6:09 AM Ian Kane <ikane at codeblue.com wrote:
>
> Sarah,
>
> It looks to me from the attached image that the error is related to an
> expected, but missing value for the -march flag.
> To me, I'd expect to see "-march=ARMv5 switch" instead of "-march=
> switch".  Make note of the empty space in the second.
>
> However I defer to anyone else more knowledgeable on the subject, I'm very
> new user of the project myself.
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> Yes you are on the right track.
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> Best regards,
> - Ian
> ________________________________________
> From: U-Boot <u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de> on behalf of Sarah Wicker <
> S.Wicker at PRIMES.de>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 11:19 AM
> To: u-boot at lists.denx.de
> Subject: [U-Boot] error in the make: bad value in the asm-offsets.c  file
>
> Good Morning,
> i am trying to compile u-boot on my pc  to use it for a ZedBoard from
> Xilinx.
> I cloned the repository u-boot-xlnx using this link:
> https://github.com/Xilinx/u-boot-xlnx.git
> Made the first make to build the U-boot for a ZedBoard, it works well.
> Asked for the second make and i received the message that in the file
> asm-offsets.c:1:0: error: bad value (armv5) for -march=switch
> I opened the file but couldn't see were was this value
>
> [cid:image001.jpg at 01D476BE.1BC339F0]
>
> For information i am trying to compile on a virtual machine using
> Debian9.5.0
>
> I thank you in advance for your help
>
>
>
> The problem is more than likely that you are using the host compiler,
> which is probably x86 and doesn know how to generate output for arm. To
> compile for an embedded target you need a suitable cross compiler. For
> debian i believe there is a packaged arm compiler so it should just be a
> matter of
>
>
>
> sudo apt install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi
>
> export CROSS_COMPILE=gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi
>
> make ZedBoard_defconfig
>
> make
>
>
>
> The lastest u-boot does require a fairly up to date gcc for arm. I'm not
> sure what debian ship. But if you get errors about the cross compiler being
> too old you might need to grab a more recent compiler from
> https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/ or the excellent
> https://toolchains.bootlin.com/
>
>
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