can linaro toolchain compile ARM earlier than Cortex A8?

[Imre Kaloz]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:36:17 +0100, Andrew Stubbs <andrew.stubbs at linaro.org> wrote:

> The short answer is that, no, the Linaro *binary* releases will not
> support -march=armv5.
>
> However, you can build your own compiler from the Linaro sources, and
> then build the libraries you need to match, and you can have v5 support.
> This is not a straightforward process. :(

You can always use the OpenWrt buildroot to easily build a custom Linaro-based crosscompiler, just make sure you select the right libc for your needs (we use uClibc by default) and a target similar to yours.


Imre