Bug 153960 – crossdev and mips error

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Fabio C. 2006-11-03 12:43:37 UTC]

I'm trying to compiling the "gcc world" for mips under kernel 2.4 but: ..

celeron portage # crossdev --kernel 2.4.28-r1 --target mips
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 * Host Portage ARCH:     amd64
 * Target Portage ARCH:   mips
 * Target System:         mips-unknown-linux-gnu
 * Stage:                 4 (C/C++ compiler)

 * binutils:              binutils-[latest]
 * gcc:                   gcc-[latest]
 * headers:               mips-headers-2.4.28-r1
 * libc:                  glibc-[latest]

 * PORTDIR_OVERLAY:       /usr/local/portage
 * PORT_LOGDIR:           /var/log/portage
 * PKGDIR:                /usr/portage/packages/cross/mips-unknown-linux-gnu
 * PORTAGE_TMPDIR:        /var/tmp/cross/mips-unknown-linux-gnu
  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  
 * Forcing the latest versions of binutils-config/gcc-config ...          [ ok ]
 * Log: /var/log/portage/cross-mips-unknown-linux-gnu-binutils.log
 * Emerging cross-binutils ...                                            [ ok ]
 * Log: /var/log/portage/cross-mips-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc-stage1.log
 * Emerging cross-gcc-stage1 ...                                          [ ok ]
 * Log: /var/log/portage/cross-mips-unknown-linux-gnu-mips-headers.log
 * Emerging cross-mips-headers ...                                        [ ok ]
 * Log: /var/log/portage/cross-mips-unknown-linux-gnu-glibc.log
 * Emerging cross-glibc ...

 * glibc failed :(
 * If you file a bug, please attach the following logfiles:
 * /var/log/portage/cross-mips-unknown-linux-gnu-info.log (http://rafb.net/paste/results/XuuHB850.html)
 * /var/log/portage/cross-mips-unknown-linux-gnu-glibc.log
 (http://rafb.net/paste/results/GQwW0s98.html)
celeron portage #

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2006-11-03 13:20:06 UTC]

post the specified log as attachments ... if they are large, compress them

[Comment 2 Fabio C. 2006-11-03 13:22:37 UTC]

Created attachment 101164 [details]
MIPS glib log

[Comment 3 Fabio C. 2006-11-03 13:23:34 UTC]

Created attachment 101165 [details]
MIPS compiling info

[Comment 4 Fabio C. 2006-11-03 13:23:55 UTC]

Done

[Comment 5 SpanKY 2006-11-03 13:29:05 UTC]

well, that error is pretty clear

[Comment 6 SpanKY 2006-11-03 13:29:59 UTC]

forcing kernel headers to 2.4 and then trying to build glibc with nptl obviously wont work

[Comment 7 Fabio C. 2006-11-08 07:50:53 UTC]

And so which glibc version I would have to use?

[Comment 8 Fabio C. 2006-11-08 11:49:28 UTC]

I've try again with:
crossdev --kernel 2.4.28-r1 -t mips --libc 2.3.2-r12

and this time the error are other (see the attachment).

[Comment 9 Fabio C. 2006-11-08 11:51:03 UTC]

Created attachment 101492 [details]
New GLIBC error ..

[Comment 10 SpanKY 2006-11-08 11:53:44 UTC]

2.3.2 is not supported

only 2.3.6-r5 and newer is

[Comment 11 Fabio C. 2006-11-08 12:46:52 UTC]

(In reply to comment #10)
> 2.3.2 is not supported
> 
> only 2.3.6-r5 and newer is
> 

But with that version:
checking installed Linux kernel header files... TOO OLD!
configure: error: GNU libc requires kernel header files from
Linux 2.0.10 or later to be installed before configuring.
The kernel header files are found usually in /usr/include/asm and
/usr/include/linux; make sure these directories use files from
Linux 2.0.10 or later.  This check uses <linux/version.h>, so
make sure that file was built correctly when installing the kernel header
files.  To use kernel headers not from /usr/include/linux, use the
configure option --with-headers.

!!! ERROR: cross-mips-unknown-linux-gnu/glibc-2.3.6-r5 failed.

..

[Comment 12 SpanKY 2006-11-08 12:51:57 UTC]

mips-headers-2.4.28-r1 is not supported

sucks huh ;)

[Comment 13 Ilya Volynets (RETIRED) 2006-11-08 15:23:13 UTC]

Let me put it this way. What is the reason you are trying to build against 2.4 kernel in the first place?

[Comment 14 Fabio C. 2006-11-08 23:01:30 UTC]

Becouse i try to build binaries for my router with kernel 2.4

[Comment 15 SpanKY 2006-11-08 23:35:08 UTC]

glibc will work fine if you build it against 2.6 headers ... it contains all the backwards compat support to run on 2.4 kernels

[Comment 16 Ilya Volynets (RETIRED) 2006-11-08 23:53:25 UTC]

Which means you are wasting your time. Either use uClibc based stages (Gentoo/embedded project), or something actually suitable for router, like OpenWRT or snapgear.
Of course, another alternative would be to get 2.6 kernel on your machine...