[fpc-pascal] fpc arm big endian help

[Matt Emson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Kemp" <tkemp at klc.net.nz>
To: <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 11:14 PM
Subject: [fpc-pascal] fpc arm big endian help


> Hi all
>
> I'm working on some code for the NSLU2 'slug'.
> How do I get ppcarm to compile in big endian mode?
> I have done it once before but I've lost the magic wand somewhere.
>
> Do I need to build from source as in a post I saw on devel list...
> change system_arm_linux_info.endian to endian_big in 
> /pp/compiler/systems/i_linux.pas
> then run make clean CPU_TARGET=arm CROSSINSTALL=1
> then make crossall CPU_TARGET=arm OS_TARGET=linux
>
> heres one I prepared earlier...
> $ file /opt/slugtest
> /opt/slugtest: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, ARM, version 1 (ARM), for
> GNU/Linux 2.0.0, statically linked, for GNU/Linux 2.0.0, stripped
>
> so I know it worked before - but now...
>
> $ ppcarm -XParm-linux- slugtest.pp
> Free Pascal Compiler version 2.0.4 [2006/08/23] for arm
> Copyright (c) 1993-2006 by Florian Klaempfl
> Target OS: Linux for ARM
> Compiling slugtest.pp
> slugtest.pp(26,10) Note: Local variable "lK" is assigned but never used
> slugtest.pp(10,6) Note: Local variable "lI" not used
> Assembling slugtest
> Linking slugtest
> 69 Lines compiled, 0.0 sec
>
> $ file slugtest
> slugtest: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1 (ARM), for GNU/Linux
> 2.0.0, statically linked, for GNU/Linux 2.0.0, stripped
>
> $ ppcarm -XParmv5b-linux- slugtest.pp
> Free Pascal Compiler version 2.0.4 [2006/08/23] for arm
> Copyright (c) 1993-2006 by Florian Klaempfl
> Target OS: Linux for ARM
> Compiling slugtest.pp
> slugtest.pp(26,10) Note: Local variable "lK" is assigned but never used
> slugtest.pp(10,6) Note: Local variable "lI" not used
> Assembling slugtest
> Linking slugtest
> /home/tkemp/bin/armv5b-linux-ld: 
> /usr/local/lib/fpc/2.0.4/units/arm-linux/rtl/prt0.o: compiled for a little 
> endian system and target is big endian
> /home/tkemp/bin/armv5b-linux-ld: failed to merge target specific data of
> file /usr/local/lib/fpc/2.0.4/units/arm-linux/rtl/prt0.o
> /home/tkemp/bin/armv5b-linux-ld: 
> /usr/local/lib/fpc/2.0.4/units/arm-linux/rtl/system.o: compiled for a 
> little endian system and target is big endian
> /home/tkemp/bin/armv5b-linux-ld: failed to merge target specific data of
> file /usr/local/lib/fpc/2.0.4/units/arm-linux/rtl/system.o... ...
>
> I'm cross compiling from x86_64 if that makes any difference...
> fpc-2.0.4-2.fc5
> Free Pascal Compiler version 2.0.4 [2006/09/20] for x86_64
> Copyright (c) 1993-2006 by Florian Klaempfl
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Terry
>
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