nanogui: Cross Compiling Of Font Libraries
Subject:
AW: [nanogui] Cross Compiling Of Font Libraries
From:
Gil Glass ####@####.####
Date:
20 Jul 2005 19:22:57 +0100
Message-Id: <OF2949734D.9B5F6AB8-ON85257044.0064D4D3-85257044.0064EDB9@acterna.com>
Thank you for your prompt reply.
> Ever tried the below commands for your libs?
>
> ./configure --host=arm-linux
> make
Actually, I did try this but it made no difference. The only thing I
noticed was that the message
"checking host system type... arm-unknown-linux-gnu"
appeared during the configuration process. It still used the native
compiler and other tools.
Do you know of any other way that I can get fonts other than "system" to
show up. The system font is completely unreadable. I really need to get
some larger fonts on the screen and nothing, so far, seems to work.
Thanks.
Cheers,
Gil Glass
>
> 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
>
Gil Glass
Telecom Field Services Division
Acterna
Germantown, MD, USA
+1-240-404-2551
