Newbie: ARM cross compiler GCC

[Andrew Haley]

F. Fennek wrote:

> I am trying to build a cross compiler for a cortex M3 ARM target on a
> Linux host.
> And I have a rather basic question.
> If I google on ARM toolchain I find a lot of help BUT most toolchain
> builders are scripts and most of them use patches of some sort.
> The scripts (or work flow) are mostly explained rather good but where
> the used patches come from are never explained.
> So my question is:
> Do I need patches to build an ARM cross compiler when I use the GCC source code?

It depends on your target OS.  When I build a ARM Linux cross-compiler, I use
unpatched gcc sources.

Andrew.