config/libc/glibc-eglibc.in-common
author "Benoît THÉBAUDEAU" <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>
Fri Jul 29 15:30:53 2011 +0200 (2011-07-29)
changeset 2587 7727970d04e9
parent 2585 45ef0b0660a5
child 2618 041d0cf137c4
permissions -rw-r--r--
libc/glibc: add partial support for locales

This patch adds partial support for glibc locales.

For now, it only generates the appropriate locales when the host and the target
have the same endianness and uint32_t alignment.

Signed-off-by: "Benoît THÉBAUDEAU" <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>
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# This file contains the common configuration options
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# that apply to both glibc and eglibc.
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# Some architectures require the ports addon. List them one by one here:
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# This list must be carefully in sync with the architectures names
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# we can find in config/arch/*
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config LIBC_GLIBC_MAY_FORCE_PORTS
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    bool
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    default y if ARCH_arm
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    default y if ARCH_mips
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    select LIBC_GLIBC_USE_PORTS
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# Force using the BFD linker during the toolchain build
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config LIBC_glibc_familly
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    bool
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    default y
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    select BINUTILS_FORCE_LD_BFD
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config LIBC_GLIBC_EXTRA_CONFIG_ARRAY
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    string
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    prompt "extra config"
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    default ""
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    help
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      Extra flags to pass onto ./configure when configuring.
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      You can enter multiple arguments here, and arguments can contain spaces
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      if they are properly quoted (or escaped, but prefer quotes). Eg.:
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          --with-foo="1st arg with 4 spaces" --with-bar=2nd-arg-without-space
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config LIBC_GLIBC_CONFIGPARMS
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    string
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    prompt "Extra config params (READ HELP)"
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    default "" if ! ARCH_sh
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    default "no-z-defs=yes" if ARCH_sh
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    help
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      Some architectures need to set options in the file configparms.
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      This is the case for sh3/4, which really need to set configparms
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      to "no-z-defs=yes" as of gcc-3.4/glibc-2.3.2.
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      Unless you are building a toolchain for sh3/4, you should leave that empty.
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      Note: If you need to pass more than one value, separate them with
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            '\n'. Eg.:  var1=val1\nvar2=val2
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config LIBC_GLIBC_EXTRA_CFLAGS
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    string
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    prompt "extra target CFLAGS"
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    default ""
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    help
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      Extra target CFLAGS to use when building.
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config LIBC_EXTRA_CC_ARGS
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    string
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    prompt "gcc extra flags"
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    default ""
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    help
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      Extra flags to pass gcc when building.
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      Seldom used, except for sparc64 which seems to need the flag -64
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      to be passed onto gcc.
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config LIBC_ENABLE_FORTIFIED_BUILD
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    bool
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    prompt "Enable fortified build (EXPERIMENTAL)"
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    depends on EXPERIMENTAL
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    help
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      If you say 'y' here, then glibc will be using fortified versions
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      of functions with format arguments (eg. vsyslog, printf...), and
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      do a sanity check on the format at runtime, to avoid some of the
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      common format string attacks.
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      This is currently not supported, and will most probably result in
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      a broken build, with an error message like:
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        ../misc/syslog.c: In function '__vsyslog_chk':
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        ../misc/syslog.c:123: sorry, unimplemented: inlining failed in
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        call to 'syslog': function body not available
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      If you are brave enough and want to debug the issue, then say 'y'
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      here. Otherwise, be still and say 'n' (the default). ;-)
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config LIBC_DISABLE_VERSIONING
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    bool
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    prompt "Disable symbols versioning"
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    help
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      Do not include versioning information in the library objects.
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config LIBC_OLDEST_ABI
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    string
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    prompt "Oldest supported ABI"
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    default ""
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    help
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      Set the oldest ABI supported by the C library.
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      Setting this option, for example, to 2.2 will provide ABI support
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      back to (e)glibc-2.2.
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      If this option is not set, (e)glibc will choose for you.
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config LIBC_GLIBC_FORCE_UNWIND
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    bool
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    prompt "Force unwind support (READ HELP!)"
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    help
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      If your toolchain fails building while building the C library
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      start files, or the complete C library, with a message like:
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        configure: error: forced unwind support is required
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      then you may try setting this to 'y'. Otherwise, leave it to 'n'.
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      The issue seems to be related to building NPTL on old versions
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      of glibc (and possibly eglibc as well) on some architectures
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      (seen on s390, s390x and x86_64).
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config LIBC_GLIBC_USE_PORTS
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    bool
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    prompt "Use the ports addon"
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    help
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      The ports addon contains some architecture ports that are not available
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      in the official distribution.
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      For example, this is the case for ARM with glibc-2.4 and above.
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      Say n only if you're sure that your architecture is in the official
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      distribution for your chosen version.
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config LIBC_ADDONS_LIST
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    string
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    prompt "Extra addons"
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    default ""
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    help
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      Extra addons to include. Space separated list.
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      You need to specify neither linuxthreads nor nptl, as they are added
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      automagically for you depending on the threading model you choosed
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      earlier.
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      Eg.: crypt        (for very old libces)
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if LIBC_GLIBC_USE_PORTS || ( LIBC_ADDONS_LIST != "" )
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comment "WARNING !!!                                            "
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comment "|  For glibc >= 2.8, it can happen that the tarballs    "
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comment "|  for the addons are not available for download.       "
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comment "|  If that happens, bad luck... Try a previous version  "
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comment "|  or try again later... :-(                            "
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endif
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config LIBC_LOCALES
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    bool
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    prompt "Build and install locales"
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    help
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      Whether to build and install the libc locale files for the target,
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      which is required in order to support internationalization.
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if LIBC_glibc && LIBC_LOCALES
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comment "WARNING!                                                     "
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comment "|  The built locales will be usable if and only if the build  "
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comment "|  machine and the target:                                    "
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comment "|   - have the same endianness,                               "
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comment "|   - and have the same alignment requirements for uint32_t.  "
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comment "|  You will have to check by yourself (for now).              "
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endif # LIBC_glibc && LIBC_LOCALES
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if KERNEL_linux
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choice LIBC_GLIBC_SUPPORTED_KERNEL
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    bool
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    prompt "Minimum supported kernel version"
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    default LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_AS_HEADERS
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config LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_NONE
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    bool
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    prompt "Let ./configure decide"
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    help
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      Let ./configure decide what minimum kernel version glibc/eglibc
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      will be able to run against.
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      This will include legacy compatibility code for older kernels in
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      the C library, thus ensuring that it will run on a large number
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      of old kernels.
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      The minimum kernel version supported will be dependent upon the
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      target you build for. For example:
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        alpha*-*-linux-gnu      Requires Linux 2.6.9 for NPTL
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        sh[34]-*-linux-gnu      Requires Linux 2.6.11
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        powerpc*                Requires Linux 2.4.19
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        arm*-*-linux-*gnueabi   Requires Linux 2.6.16
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config LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_AS_HEADERS
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    bool
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    prompt "Same as kernel headers (default)"
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    help
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      Normally, you'll want glibc/eglibc to run against the same kernel
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      version as the one used for the headers.
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      This is the default.
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      If enabled, crosstool-ng will use the chosen version of kernel
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      headers for the glibc minimum kernel version supported, which is
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      what gets passed to "--enable-kernel=" when configuring glibc.
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      Enabling this will ensure that no legacy compatibility code for
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      older kernels is built into your C libraries, but it will
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      be unable to run on kernel versions older than whichever kernel
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      headers version you've built the toolchain for.
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      If you know for sure that your toolchain will never need to build
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      applications that will run under a kernel version older than your
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      chosen kernel headers version (CT_KERNEL_VERSION), you can choose
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      "y" here.
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config LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_CHOSEN
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    bool
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    prompt "Specific kernel version"
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    help
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      Specify the earliest Linux kernel version you want glibc to
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      include support for.  This does not have to match the kernel
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      headers version used for your toolchain.  This controls what is
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      passed to the "--enable-kernel=" option to the glibc configure
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      script.
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      If you want to be able to statically link programs with your
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      toolchain's C library, make sure this kernel version is lower than
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      all kernels you wish to support to avoid "FATAL: kernel too old"
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      errors.  The higher the version you specify, the less legacy code
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      will be built into libc.
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      Most people can leave this at the default value of "2.6.9".
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if LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_CHOSEN
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config LIBC_GLIBC_MIN_KERNEL_VERSION
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    string
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    prompt "Minimum kernel version to support"
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    default "2.6.9"
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    help
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      Enter here the lowest kernel version glibc/eglibc will be able to
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      run against.
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      The minimum kernel version supported will be dependent upon the
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      target you build for. For example:
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        alpha*-*-linux-gnu      Requires Linux 2.6.9 for NPTL
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        sh[34]-*-linux-gnu      Requires Linux 2.6.11
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        powerpc*                Requires Linux 2.4.19
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        arm*-*-linux-*gnueabi   Requires Linux 2.6.16
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      Note that no sanity check is performed by crosstool-NG to ensure
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      that the value you enter here is appropriate for your target.
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endif # LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_CHOSEN
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endchoice
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config LIBC_GLIBC_MIN_KERNEL
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    string
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    default ""                            if LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_NONE
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    default KERNEL_VERSION                if LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_AS_HEADERS
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    default LIBC_GLIBC_MIN_KERNEL_VERSION if LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_CHOSEN
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endif # KERNEL_linux