nanogui: Cross Compiling Of Font Libraries
Subject:
AW: [nanogui] Cross Compiling Of Font Libraries
From:
"Alexander Stohr" ####@####.####
Date:
20 Jul 2005 16:46:29 +0100
Message-Id: <000201c58d42$09820100$9b01a8c0@starlightpc>
Ever tried the below commands for your libs?
./configure --host=arm-linux
make
in theory all should work, but i only tested that for mips32.
admitted there are some broken lib releases out there,
my special "friend" was libjpeg in the official release
form which even falsely killed "CC=arm-linux-gcc" settings
in its configuration file. other than that, for t1lib
you might need a change like this:
- { echo "configure: error: can not run test program while cross compiling"
1>&2; exit 1; }
+ ac_64bit_type="<none>"
there is not much magic - just skip unneccsassary probing
in cases where you know what you want.
my recommendation for Nano-X release?
0.91 is more close to the people that do send patches
and therefore you will find lots of helpfull patches
in the pre-0.92 directory of the ftp site. as of now
there is still more than enough code in the patch queue.
some ar fixes like for the fonts, and some are features
like the alpha blend code (but its to early for that now).
for me its 0.91 with an emphasize on adding font patches.
i dont have a clue on release plans. to my understanding
the non trivial amount of config options, target platforms
and other complexity (like not having some automated test
suite that passed on real world hardware) will make it
hard to provide rocket prove code on the very next turn.
-Alex.
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Gil Glass ####@####.####
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Juli 2005 16:23
An: ####@####.####
Betreff: [nanogui] Cross Compiling Of Font Libraries
Hello,
I have successfully cross-compiled Nano-X version 0.91 (is this the latest
release or should I be using 0.90???) for the ARM architecture,
specifically, the PXA-255. This was an easy process given that the
configuration file offers an option to compile for this platform and then
prepends the string "arm-linux-" to all of the tool commands. However, I
am having much less luck cross compiling the font libraries, i.e. FreeType
and T1 Adobe. Perhaps this is more of a general Linux/configuration
question, but as I'm not exactly a Linux expert, I could definitely use
some help from those who are more knowledgeable than I.
When I issue the command to configure, the configurator automatically
grabs the native compiler (gcc) and linker (ld). If I try to fool it by
symbolically linking gcc and ld to the ARM versions, the configuration
fails saying that it can't run the test programs when cross compiling. If
I remove the "exit" command from the test program check, the make file is
produced, but the build fails. It seems that I shouldn't have to hack so
much anyway and I'm guessing there's a much simpler solution.
Please advise.
Cheers,
Gil Glass
Telecom Field Services Division
Acterna
Germantown, MD, USA
+1-240-404-2551
