[klibc] Bug#627252: klibc: please add armhf support

[maximilian attems]

hello,

On Thu, 19 May 2011, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote:

> klibc currently fails to build on armhf, but there is a -slightly older-
> patched version in unreleased/debian-ports.org. The attached patch
> enables the build for armhf (which uses -mfloat-abi=hard by default)
> 
> Please consider enabling support for armhf.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Konstantinos

> diff -ruN klibc-1.5.21/debian/rules klibc-1.5.21.armhf//debian/rules
> --- klibc-1.5.21/debian/rules	2010-08-25 13:58:44.000000000 +0300
> +++ klibc-1.5.21.armhf//debian/rules	2011-05-07 19:56:51.907308113 +0300
> @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
>  ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH),armel)
>  DEB_MAKE_ENVVARS := CONFIG_AEABI=y
>  endif
> +ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH),armhf)
> +DEB_MAKE_ENVVARS := CONFIG_AEABI=y CPU_ARCH=armv7-a CPU_TUNE=cortex-a8
> +endif
>  ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH),ia64)
>  DEB_MAKE_ENVVARS := ARCH=ia64
>  endif

this bit will land in next upload of klibc in debian presumably 1.5.23-1.

> diff -ruN klibc-1.5.21/usr/klibc/arch/arm/MCONFIG klibc-1.5.21.armhf//usr/klibc/arch/arm/MCONFIG
> --- klibc-1.5.21/usr/klibc/arch/arm/MCONFIG	2011-01-25 23:46:53.000000000 +0200
> +++ klibc-1.5.21.armhf//usr/klibc/arch/arm/MCONFIG	2011-05-07 19:53:36.487308741 +0300
> @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
>  # accordingly.
>  #
>  
> -CPU_ARCH := armv4
> -CPU_TUNE := strongarm
> +CPU_ARCH ?= armv4
> +CPU_TUNE ?= strongarm
>  
>  KLIBCOPTFLAGS += -Os -march=$(CPU_ARCH) -mtune=$(CPU_TUNE)
>  KLIBCBITSIZE  = 32

fixed upstream, just pushed out in klibc git, should appear
shortly on the kernel.org mirrors:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=libs/klibc/klibc.git;a=summary

thank you.

-- 
maks