Newbie: ARM cross compiler GCC

[F. Fennek]

I'm trying to use gcc for an embedded system (no OS, or maybe a simple RTOS).
Possibly I don't even want to use newlib or glibc, but that's a new
question I think. I make one step at a time

Robert

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> wrote:
> 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.
>