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tsaitgaist, 02/19/2016 10:49 PM
gcc 4.8 bug

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To compile osmocomBB or SIMtrace for the target we need a GNU Toolchain for ARM.
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There are various pre-compiled toolchains available but not all of them will produce working firmware.
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We will try to support all these configurations but it might take a while to identify the source of a problem.
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If you have persistent errors when compiling, try using a different package.
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'''note:''' as of 2013-10-20, if you use a toolchain with gcc >=4.8, the firmware can be compiled, but will hang as soon as you want to sync to an ARFCN.
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=== Build one from source ===
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If you want to build your own toolchain, known to be working with OsmocomBB, see here: [wiki:GnuArmToolchain].
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This is the best option to get a fairly recent GCC, and this is the option used by several Osmocom-BB developers.
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=== Ubuntu packages ===
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gnuarm packages from following ppa are known to work on ubuntu 10.10 to build osmocom-bb. They are known '''not''' to work for SIMtrace
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{{{
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bdrung/bsprak
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install arm-elf-toolchain
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}}}
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(FIXME: Should be rechecked, the information might be outdated)
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=== Mac OS X ===
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Apparently the arm-elf-gcc 4.3.2 from ports for mac os x can compile the sourcecode as well after symlinking /opt/local/bin/arm-elf-ranlib to /opt/local/bin/arm-elf-linux-ranlib and /opt/local/bin/arm-elf-strip to /opt/local/bin/arm-elf-linux-strip.
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If you omit the links, there will be unresolvable references to symbols in the libraries.
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