[fedora-arm] ARMv8 Bootstrap Project

[Chen Baozi]

I think I've found where this problem comes from.

In binutils srpm, there is a patch called
binutils-2.22.52.0.1-aarch64-paths.patch. In this patch, there is a
changset:

diff -urN binutils-2.22.52.0.1/ld/configure.tgt
binutils-2.22.52.0.1-aarch64/ld/configure.tgt
--- binutils-2.22.52.0.1/ld/configure.tgt       2012-11-15 14:33:51.503580945 -0700
+++ binutils-2.22.52.0.1-aarch64/ld/configure.tgt       2012-11-15 16:01:31.095377997 -0700
@@ -716,6 +716,12 @@
   NATIVE_LIB_DIRS='/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib'
   ;;

+aarch64*-redhat-linux*)
+  MULTIARCHTUPLE=aarch64-linux-gnu
+  NATIVE_LIB_DIRS="/usr/local/lib64 /lib64 /usr/lib64"
+  ;;
+
+hppa*64*-*-hpux11*)                                                                               
 aarch64*-*-linux*)
^^^ This may results the error. Since, there has to be ";;" between this two lines. Or
just removing the "aarch64*-*-linux*)" line.


On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 10:54:38AM +0800, Chen Baozi wrote:
> Hi Al,
> 
> It is really excited to see ARMv8 bootstrap on fedora. I'd really love to
> get involved.
> 
> Right now, I'm following the wiki's instructions to rebuild stage1 to get
> familiar with ARMv8's bootstrap. However, there is an error stopping the
> stage1 building process saying:
> 
> /home/cbz/src/fedora-armv8/bootstrap/rpmbuild/BUILD/binutils-2.22.52.0.1/ld/configure.tgt:
> /line 725: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
> /home/cbz/src/fedora-armv8/bootstrap/rpmbuild/BUILD/binutils-2.22.52.0.1/ld/configure.tgt:
> /line 725: `aarch64*-*-linux*)'
> make[1]: *** [configure-ld] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/cbz/src/fedora-armv8/bootstrap/builds/binutils'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> + echo
> 
> + echo Module binutils failed
> Module binutils failed
> + return 1
> 
> The cross toolchain that I used is downloaded from linaro. And I rename all
> its aarch64-linux-gnu-* to aarch64-redhat-linux-gnu-*. 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chen Baozi
> 
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 02:30:27PM -0700, Al Stone wrote:
> > Howdy.
> > 
> > It's time to announce a little project I've been working on for the last
> > few weeks: the ARMv8 bootstrap project for Fedora.
> > 
> > There has been a lot of interest in ARMv8 (also known as aarch64) in the
> > last few months since it was introduced by ARM.  A 64-bit processor that
> > uses as little power as possible could provide an enormous cost savings
> > to the vast and growing data centers throughout the world.
> > 
> > So, even though hardware is not yet available, we have started the work
> > needed to bring Fedora to ARMv8.  Using the ARM provided Foundation
> > model (a platform simulator for ARMv8), we have been building up the
> > packages needed to eventually get to a full native build of Fedora.
> > Details and current status are here:
> > 
> >    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/AArch64
> > 
> > Of the six stages needed in the bootstrap of a new architecture, we
> > are in the middle of stage 2; these are therefore pretty early bits.
> > In the interest of full transparency in what we do, and in the spirit
> > of release early and release often, grab a copy and have fun!
> > 
> > On the Fedora wiki, you will find instructions on where to find all
> > the bits and pieces used to construct the root file system image
> > that's been created so far, and how to use the ARM Foundation model
> > to do further work.  And there is plenty to do :).
> > 
> > If you'd like to help, read through the wiki pages above and get
> > yourself to the point where you can run the ARM Foundation model
> > using the Fedora root file system.  Then find a package needing
> > some love and do what needs to be done for ARMv8 (the wiki explains
> > how).
> > 
> > And if you have questions, you can find me (ahs3) on #fedora-arm on
> > IRC (Freenode), or ask on this mailing list; the more, the merrier.
> > 
> > -- 
> > ciao,
> > al
> > -----------------------------------
> > Al Stone
> > Software Engineer
> > Red Hat, Inc.
> > ahs3 at redhat.com
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