[Clfs-support] Problem compiling glibc

[Jim Gifford]

Per Andreas Gulbrandsen wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm kind of a n00b, so please bear with me.
>
> I'm following the clfs guide for cross compiling a linux system for
> mips (CLFS_TARGET="mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu"). SVN Version
> SVN-20090107-MIPS. My host system is openSuse 11
> (CLFS_HOST="x86_64-cross-linux-gnu"). I've checked host requirements
> and I have all tools specified there.
>
> I get stuck in 5.11, Constructing Cross-Compile Tools - glibc. When I
> try to make I get the following error:
> mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -mabi=32
> ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sa_len.c -c -std=gnu99 -fgnu89-inline -O2
> -Wall -Winline -Wwrite-strings -fmerge-all-constants -g
> -Wstrict-prototypes      -I../include
> -I/mnt/clfs/sources/glibc-build/socket -I/mnt/clfs/sources/glibc-build
> -I../ports/sysdeps/mips/elf
> -I../ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32
> -I../ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/nptl
> -I../ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips
> -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../nptl/sysdeps/pthread
> -I../sysdeps/pthread -I../ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux
> -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../sysdeps/gnu -I../sysdeps/unix/common
> -I../sysdeps/unix/mman -I../sysdeps/unix/inet
> -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv
> -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../ports/sysdeps/unix/mips/mips32
> -I../ports/sysdeps/unix/mips -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix
> -I../ports/sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/posix
> -I../ports/sysdeps/mips/mips32 -I../ports/sysdeps/mips
> -I../sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64
> -I../sysdeps/wordsize-32 -I../ports/sysdeps/mips/fpu
> -I../ports/sysdeps/mips/nptl -I../sysdeps/ieee754
> -I../sysdeps/generic/elf -I../sysdeps/generic -I../nptl -I../ports
> -I.. -I../libio -I. -nostdinc -isystem
> /mnt/clfs/cross-tools/bin/../lib/gcc/mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu/4.3.2/include
> -isystem /mnt/clfs/cross-tools/bin/../lib/gcc/mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu/4.3.2/include-fixed
> -isystem /tools/include -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -include
> ../include/libc-symbols.h  -DPIC     -o
> /mnt/clfs/sources/glibc-build/socket/sa_len.o -MD -MP -MF
> /mnt/clfs/sources/glibc-build/socket/sa_len.o.dt
> -MT/mnt/clfs/sources/glibc-build/socket/sa_len.o
> In file included from /tools/include/asm/byteorder.h:65,
>                  from /tools/include/linux/atalk.h:4,
>                  from ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/netatalk/at.h:25,
>                  from ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sa_len.c:22:
> /tools/include/linux/byteorder.h:8:3: error: #error Fix
> asm/byteorder.h to define one endianness
> make[2]: *** [/mnt/clfs/sources/glibc-build/socket/sa_len.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/clfs/sources/glibc-2.8/socket'
> make[1]: *** [socket/subdir_lib] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/clfs/sources/glibc-2.8'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> I've looked at asm/byteorder.h, but I can't figure out what to do. I
> can't understand how I'm suppose to "fix" it. I've tried different
> stuff, i.e. undefing __MIPSEB__ and/or __BIG_ENDIAN if __MIPSEB__ is
> defined. But I still get the same error.
> However, If I undef __BIG_ENDIAN in /tools/include/linux/byteorder.h
> just before the check that triggers the error it compiles. But this
> doesn't seem like a very good solution. Seems like I should get rid of
> the initial definition of __BIG_ENDIAN (alt. __MIPSEB). Can anyone
> please advice? I'd like to get this right, and not just hack my way
> through it.
>
>   
Check the linux-mips mailing list. I'll try to look into this later today.