Obtain the cross tool chain
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The latest cross compile tool chain can be downloaded from:
-https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/latest/aarch64-linux-gnu/.
+https://developer.arm.com/open-source/gnu-toolchain/gnu-a/downloads.
-Following is the step to get the version 7.2.1, latest one at the time of this writing.
+Following is the step to get the version 8.2, latest one at the time of this writing.
.. code-block:: console
- wget https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/latest/aarch64-linux-gnu/gcc-linaro-7.2.1-2017.11-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz
+ wget https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/gnu-a/8.2-2019.01/gcc-arm-8.2-2019.01-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz
Unzip and add into the PATH
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.. code-block:: console
- tar -xvf gcc-linaro-7.2.1-2017.11-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz
- export PATH=$PATH:<cross_install_dir>/gcc-linaro-7.2.1-2017.11-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu/bin
+ tar -xvf gcc-arm-8.2-2019.01-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz
+ export PATH=$PATH:<cross_install_dir>/gcc-arm-8.2-2019.01-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu/bin
.. note::
- For the host requirements and other info, refer to the release note section: https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/latest/
+ For the host requirements and other info, refer to the release note section: https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/
Getting the prerequisite library
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.. code-block:: console
- cp <numa_install_dir>/include/numa*.h <cross_install_dir>/gcc-linaro-7.2.1-2017.11-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/../aarch64-linux-gnu/libc/usr/include/
- cp <numa_install_dir>/lib/libnuma.a <cross_install_dir>/gcc-linaro-7.2.1-2017.11-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/7.2.1/
+ cp <numa_install_dir>/include/numa*.h <cross_install_dir>/gcc-arm-8.2-2019.01-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/../aarch64-linux-gnu/libc/usr/include/
+ cp <numa_install_dir>/lib/libnuma.a <cross_install_dir>/gcc-arm-8.2-2019.01-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/8.2/
.. _configure_and_cross_compile_dpdk_build: