HOWTO Build ARM Cross-Compiler (crosstool-NG)

[ ]# mkdir /home/crosstool-ng
[ ]# cd /home/crosstool-ng
[ ]# wget http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/download/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng-1.6.1.tar.bz2
[ ]# tar jxvf crosstool-ng-1.6.1.tar.bz2
[ ]# cd crosstool-ng-1.6.1
[ ]# ./configure --prefix=/opt/crosstool-ng
[ ]# make
[ ]# make install

[ ]# mkdir -p /home/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng-build
[ ]# cd /home/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng-build
[ }# cp /opt/crosstool-ng/lib/ct-ng-1.6.1/samples/armeb-unknown-linux-uclibcgnueabi/* .
[ ]# mv crosstool.config .config

[ ]# export PATH=/opt/crosstool-ng/bin:$PATH

[ ]# ct-ng menuconfig
[ ]# ct-ng build.4

[INFO ] Performing some trivial sanity checks
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[INFO ] Building environment variables
[WARN ] Directory '/root/src' does not exist.
[WARN ] Will not save downloaded tarballs to local storage.
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[WARN ] You did not specify the build system. That's OK, I can guess...
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[EXTRA] Building a toolchain for:
[EXTRA] build = i386-redhat-linux
[EXTRA] host = i386-redhat-linux
[EXTRA] target = armeb-unknown-linux-uclibcgnueabi
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[ERROR] checking the name lister (/home/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng-1.6.1-build/targets/armeb-unknown-linux-uclibcgnueabi/build/build-cc/./gcc/nm) interface... libtool.m4: error: problem compiling FC test program
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[INFO ] Build completed at 20100415.213937
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[INFO ] Finishing installation (may take a few seconds)...
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The toolchain is in directory "/root/x-tools/" by default.

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