buildroot/package/binutils/Config.in.host, branch 2016.05

binutils: switch to version 2.25 by default

2016-03-10T22:08:00+00:00

binutils 2.26 has been released, it is time to switch to 2.25 as the default version. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Acked-by: Romain Naour Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard

package/binutils: add binutils 2.26

2016-03-06T15:02:03+00:00

- Rebase patches from 2.25 on top of 2.26. - Use git format for patches - remove upstreamed xtensa patches The first patch [1] is needed to be able to build glibc with binutils 2.26 on nios2. The second from [2] fix an assertion issue with ld. [1] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=a7be2893a6449e64fe6cfcdd8700b0a367a69f19 [2] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19405 Signed-off-by: Romain Naour Cc: Gustavo Zacarias Cc: Thomas Petazzoni Cc: Max Filippov Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni

arch/arm: add the cortex A17 variant supported by gcc 5.x

2016-02-22T08:31:42+00:00

Add the Cortex A17 variant. This core is considered a replacement of the Cortex A12 and is supported by gcc 5 / binutils 2.25+ Suggested-by: Ross Green Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard

toolchain: bump ARC toolchain components to arc-2015.12

2016-02-05T20:48:51+00:00

This change introduces newer ARC toolchain in Buildroot. That new arc-2015.12 release doesn't bring any significant changes but mostly is focused on fixes and minor improvements here and there. Most noticeable changes are: * GCC: Source update to v4.8.5 * GDB: Updated to upstream 7.10 release. You may find more info on fixes and improvements in that release at: https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/toolchain/releases/tag/arc-2015.12 Signed-off-by: Lada Trimasova Cc: Alexey Brodkin Cc: Thomas Petazzoni Cc: Peter Korsgaard Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni

toolchain: bump ARC toolchain components to arc-2015.12-rc1

2016-01-19T21:01:37+00:00

This change introduces newer ARC toolchain in Buildroot. Note this is the first release candidate and we'll probably see another RC before cutting the final release. That new arc-2015.12 release doesn't bring any significant changes but mostly is focused on fixes and minor improvements here and there. Most noticeable changes are: * GCC updated to v4.8.5 * GDB updated to 7.10 You may find more info on fixes and improvements in that release at: https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/toolchain/releases/tag/arc-2015.12-rc1 Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin Cc: Thomas Petazzoni Cc: Peter Korsgaard Cc: arc-buildroot@synopsys.com Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni

arch: add support for mips32r6 and mips64r6 variants

2015-10-12T19:33:56+00:00

- Add support for mips32r6 and mips64r6 target architecture variants - Disable unsupported gcc versions - Disable unsupported binutils versions - Disable unsupported external toolchains - Disable unsuported C libraries - Add a hook in order to make glibc compile for MIPS R6. [Thomas: slightly tweak the glibc hack explanation, to make it hopefully clearer.] Signed-off-by: Vicente Olivert Riera Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni

binutils: bump 2.25.x series to 2.25.1

2015-07-28T20:44:38+00:00

Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni

binutils: rename config option

2015-07-28T20:44:29+00:00

Rename the binutils configuration option to match that one used by gcc where the patchlevel is explicitly left out. Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni

ARC: update tools to arc-2015.06 release

2015-07-18T09:13:31+00:00

I'm happy to update GNU tools for ARC cores to the most recent arc-2015.06 release. This release brings following major improvements: * GCC: source update to v4.8.4 * GCC: C ABI compatibility between MetaWare and GNU toolchains * uClibc: support for thread local storage and Native Pthread Library (NPTL) * GDB: updated to version 7.9.1 Also a lot of fixes and improvements has been done, please refer to https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/toolchain/releases/tag/arc-2015.06 for more details. Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin Cc: Anton Kolesov Cc: Thomas Petazzoni Cc: Peter Korsgaard Cc: Romain Naour Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni

binutils: remove version 2.22

2015-07-13T15:33:50+00:00

We already use 2.24 as the default, 2.25 has been around for some time, and 2.22 is clearly very old, so let's get rid of it. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Acked-by: Gustavo Zacarias