16 Feb
2009
16 Feb
'09
5:56 a.m.
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:15:20AM +0530, jtd wrote:
ARMEL is a new distro for cross compiling for ARM architecture - embedded systems. No more black magic creating toolchains. Even after creating cross toolchains several times, i have to do a complicated sequence of steps to get a new chain in place. ARMEL will hopefully eliminate this PITA .
Is it just for cross compiling? I thought it is meant for being run on machines possessing one of several ARM based processors. The "Armel" architecture replaces the old (deprecated) "arm" archiecture, since it supports the new EABI standard, and thus, is more in-line with the other "mainstream" architectures. "arm" and "armel" are not binary compatible.
Kumar
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Kumar Appaiah