--- In Andrew Taylor <> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 09:39:01PM -0300, Ronald Gomes wrote:
> > The debian-etch-eabi-armel file we have available is a test
> > distribution using EABI binaries (future debian port called
armel).
> > Therefore, many debian applications will not be available
through
> > apt-get.
I think for armel you want to track sid, which has a huge percentage
of debian packages ported to armel.
> > For those interested in etch (non-eabi binaries), we just
released a
> > PRELIMINARY version at:
> >
ftp://oz.embeddedarm.com/ts-7800-linux-sd/distributions/debian-etch-old
> > abi-jan222008.tar.gz
> > This distribution should be good for both TS-72xx (running
2.6) and
> > TS-7800.
>
> Except some non-eabi binaries will not work on an EABI kernel
(which
> is what TS ships right?) - the compatability mode apparently
> does not handle some ioctls: http://wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiPort
> I met this problem with Alsa.
Is there a reason you can't yet go to an all EABI system? I guess
SD support is still a reason, unfortunately.
I would be more concerned with the next statement in the ArmEabiPort
document:
"Some third party EABI toolchains (e.g., CodeSourcery 2005q3) use
the old kernel interface via userspace shims in glibc. This is now
obsolete and no longer supported by glibc."
Isn't that the basis of the toolchain version that TS ships? If you
want OABI and EABI compatability, you may want to try a later
toolchain, or at least look into the issues.
>
> If anyone has Alsa working on a ts7800 please let me know.
>
> Andrew
>
I don't think there is an issue with Alsa on an all-EABI system,
both Fedora and debian have Alsa packages in their repositories.
BTW, I didn't know until recently about the Fedora-ARM project.
Looks like quite a complete package (prebuilt rootfs, toolchain, big
repository, mailing list, etc):
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM
Regards, ........ Charlie
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