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diff --git a/tools/buildman/README b/tools/buildman/README index 849e6ca763..cf7bf5c17e 100644 --- a/tools/buildman/README +++ b/tools/buildman/README @@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ to build x86 commits. 3. Make sure you have the require Python pre-requisites -Buildman uses multiprocessing, Queue, shutil, StringIO and ConfigParser. -These should normally be available, but if you get an error like this then -you will need to obtain those modules: +Buildman uses multiprocessing, Queue, shutil, StringIO, ConfigParser and +urllib2. These should normally be available, but if you get an error like +this then you will need to obtain those modules: ImportError: No module named multiprocessing @@ -310,6 +310,47 @@ You can see that everything is covered, even some strange ones that won't be used (c88 and c99). This is a feature. +5. Install new toolchains if needed + +You can download toolchains and update the [toolchain] section of the +settings file to find them. + +To make this easier, buildman can automatically download and install +toolchains from kernel.org. First list the available architectures: + +$ ./tools/buildman/buildman sandbox --fetch-arch list +Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.6.3/ +Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.6.2/ +Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.5.1/ +Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.2.4/ +Available architectures: alpha am33_2.0 arm avr32 bfin cris crisv32 frv h8300 +hppa hppa64 i386 ia64 m32r m68k mips mips64 or32 powerpc powerpc64 s390x sh4 +sparc sparc64 tilegx x86_64 xtensa + +Then pick one and download it: + +$ ./tools/buildman/buildman sandbox --fetch-arch or32 +Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.6.3/ +Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.6.2/ +Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.5.1/ +Downloading: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.5.1//x86_64-gcc-4.5.1-nolibc_or32-linux.tar.xz +Unpacking to: /home/sjg/.buildman-toolchains +Testing + - looking in '/home/sjg/.buildman-toolchains/gcc-4.5.1-nolibc/or32-linux/.' + - looking in '/home/sjg/.buildman-toolchains/gcc-4.5.1-nolibc/or32-linux/bin' + - found '/home/sjg/.buildman-toolchains/gcc-4.5.1-nolibc/or32-linux/bin/or32-linux-gcc' +Tool chain test: OK + +Buildman should now be set up to use your new toolchain. + +At the time of writing, U-Boot has these architectures: + + arc, arm, avr32, blackfin, m68k, microblaze, mips, nds32, nios2, openrisc + powerpc, sandbox, sh, sparc, x86 + +Of these, only arc, microblaze and nds32 are not available at kernel.org.. + + How to run it ============= |