configure: add support for helper script to compute version string

Some projects are using (or planning to use) crosstool-NG, and are storing
it in their VCS, which might not be Mercurial. At the same time, those
projects may want to track development snapshots versions the way we do
with the Hg identity string (hg id).

Provide a way for these project to do so, without having to patch
./configure, and maintain that patch over-and-over again.

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>

docs: remove dedication file

This does in no way mean that Cédric will be forgotten.
RIP, Cédric...

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>

kernel/linux: missed porting the 3.0.8 patchset to 3.0.9

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>

kernel/linux: update to latest versions

Add latest versions.
Remove versions that disapeared during the kernel.org debacle.

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>

arch/arm: ARM supports the softfp convention

ARM compilers can be built for soft float (software only, floats in
core registers), hard float (uses floating point instructions, floats
in FPU registers), or the half-way house softfp (uses floating point
instructions, floats in core registers).

Signed-off-by: Michael Hope <michael.hope@linaro.org>
[yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr: split the original patch]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>

arch: add softfp support

Some architectures support a mixed hard/soft floating point, where
the compiler emits hardware floating point instructions, but passes
the operands in core (aka integer) registers.

For example, ARM supports this mode (to come in the next changeset).

Add support for softfp cross compilers to the GCC and GLIBC
configuration. Needed for Ubuntu and other distros that are softfp.

Signed-off-by: Michael Hope <michael.hope@linaro.org>
[yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr: split the original patch]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>

scripts: use the hardfloat option to set configure and CFLAGS

When hardfloat is selected, we need to pass that selection down to
./configure and in the CFLAGS.

Signed-off-by: Michael Hope <michael.hope@linaro.org>
[yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr: split the original patch]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>

scripts: introduce float type as a string

With the upcoming softfp support, the case..esac test would become
a bit convoluted if it were to test three different booleans.

Introduce a new blind string config option that defaults to the
selected floating point type used.

Signed-off-by: Michael Hope <michael.hope@linaro.org>
[yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr: split the original patch]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>

kernel/linux: fix packed attribute in exported headers

UBI headers (and maybe others as well) are broken because the 'packed'
attribute is not sanitised when the headers are exported to userspace.

Apply the fix from upstream:
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=f210735fe2f17a6225432ee3d1239bcf23a8659c

(Also, buildroot does the same, BTW)

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>

kernel/linux: fix packed attribute in exported headers

UBI headers (and maybe others as well) are broken because the 'packed'
attribute is not sanitised when the headers are exported to userspace.

Apply the fix from upstream:
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=f210735fe2f17a6225432ee3d1239bcf23a8659c

(Also, buildroot does the same, BTW)

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>