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diff --git a/docs/known-issues.txt b/docs/known-issues.txt index 3c7eaab..757939f 100644 --- a/docs/known-issues.txt +++ b/docs/known-issues.txt @@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ Fix: None known. Workaround: - If this happens for you, stick with glibc-2.6.1 for now. - Or investigate! :-) + It seems that using -O2 in the CFLAGS fixes the problem. It has been + confirmed in the following threads: + http://sourceware.org/ml/crossgcc/2009-09/msg00055.html (for glibc) + http://sourceware.org/ml/crossgcc/2009-10/msg00001.html (for eglibc) -------------------------------- Symptoms: diff --git a/docs/overview.txt b/docs/overview.txt index 3b100a1..61b4cba 100644 --- a/docs/overview.txt +++ b/docs/overview.txt @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Running crosstool-NG Note on // jobs Tools wrapper Using the toolchain + The 'populate' script Toolchain types + Seemingly-native toolchains Internals Makefile front-end Kconfig parser @@ -154,11 +156,9 @@ Stay in the directory holding the sources, and run: See below for complete usage. -Now, provided you checked-out the code, you can send me your interesting changes -by running: - svn diff - -and mailing me the result! :-P +Now, provided you used a clone of the repository, you can send me your changes. +See the file README, at the top of crosstool-NG source, for how to submit +changees. Preparing for packaging | ------------------------+ @@ -590,6 +590,21 @@ anyway!) were all being hashed out, Canada had three national political parties. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_compiler +Seemingly-native toolchains | +----------------------------+ + +Seemingly-native toolchains are toolchains that target the same architecture +as the one it is built on, and on which it will run, but the machine tuple +may be different (eg i686 vs. i386, or x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu vs. +x86_64-pc-linux-gnu). This also applies if the target architecture is of the +same kind (eg. x86 vs. x86_64, or ppc vs. ppc64). + +Such toolchain is tricky to build, as the configure scripts may incorrectly +assume that files (headers and libs) from the build (or host) machine can be +used by the cross-compiler it is going to build. The problem seems to arise +only with glibc (and eglibc?) starting with version 2.7. + + _____________ / Internals / |