"Robert" == Robert Schwebel r.schwebel@pengutronix.de writes:
Hi,
Robert> Wearing my embedded linux developer hat, I really like your Robert> idea. We use Debian all over the place, and if it contains Robert> solid cross toolchains for the ARM/PowerPC/SH/Blackfin/x86 Robert> targets we are working with I'm really happy with the idea that Robert> we wouldn't have to work on toolchains any more. It is a pain Robert> every time you have to do it, it sucks up a lot of time and the Robert> result is almost never something which can impress your Robert> customers.
My feelings are basically the same for Buildroot.
Robert> However, we (mainly the group at Pengutronix that develops Robert> ptxdist) still work on OSELAS.Toolchain simply because the Robert> customers we work with do not all use Debian or Ubuntu but also Robert> SuSE and RedHat/Fedora. So in order to provide stable and Robert> reproducable board support packages, having toolchains that are Robert> independend of the distribution are quite important.
Indeed. An alternative to distribution-specific toolchain work is collaborating with crosstool-NG, which is something we've been working on for some time. Long term I want to remove the internal toolchain stuff from BR.