[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 3/6] package/riscv64-elf-toolchain: new package

Alistair Francis alistair23 at gmail.com
Mon May 3 07:11:09 UTC 2021


On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 4:54 PM Thomas Petazzoni
<thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, 3 May 2021 10:14:38 +1000
> Alistair Francis <alistair23 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > +RISCV64_ELF_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION = 2020.12.8
> > > +RISCV64_ELF_TOOLCHAIN_SITE = https://static.dev.sifive.com/dev-tools/freedom-tools/v2020.12
> >
> > Could we not get an official GCC build instead of SiFives custom toolchain?
>
> What do you call an "official GCC build" ? A toolchain built by
> Buildroot from source ? Buildroot can only build a single toolchain,
> which is Linux capable. Buildroot does not know how to build a separate
> bare-metal toolchain, which is why in such situations we use an
> existing pre-compiled toolchain.

I just meant something from upstream GCC and not a vendor.

Alistair

>
> Best regards,
>
> Thomas
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