Re: [Xen-devel] I was able to cross-compile the hypervisor on an amd64 host for the aarch64 target ... However, I can't build the Xen toolset

[Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 05/07/17 14:44, Nick Garnett wrote:
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>
> Date: 7/5/17 01:15 (GMT-08:00)
> To: Nick Garnett <nick@xxxxxxxxx>, 'xen-devel'
> <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 'Wei Liu' <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>,
> 'Stefano Stabellini' <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] I was able to cross-compile the hypervisor on
> an   amd64 host for the aarch64 target ... However, I can't build the
> Xen toolset
>
> Hello Nick,
>
> On 07/04/2017 10:59 PM, Nick Garnett wrote:
> > From: Julien Grall [mailto:julien.grall@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2017 09:47
> >
> > On 07/04/2017 05:42 PM, Nick Garnett wrote:
> > > I tried installing the tools with an ARM64 chroot also and had a
> similar issue.  In that case, the package
> > > "crossbuild_essential_arm64" wouldn't install because it depended on
> a package that was not installable.
> > I don't use crossbuild within the chroot. My chroot contains ARM64
> binaries only and QEMU is used to run ARM64 binaries.
>
> In that case, you don't need to install crossbuild_essential_arm64.
> Compiling in that chroot is like compiling directly on an ARM platforms.
>
> My runes are usually:
>
> ./configure
> make -j install-tools
>
> This will install the tools in /usr/local/
>
> I think the list of dependencies on the CrossCompiling page is still valid:
>
> https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_with_Virtualization_Extensions/CrossCompiling#Configuring_an_arm64_crossbuild_chroot
>
> > Which distributions are you targeting?
> >
> > [nickgarnett 1707041454PDT]  I am using Xen 4.9.0
> I meant Linux Distribution. E.g is it Debian, Fedora, Yocto?
>
> [nickgarnett]  Ubuntu Zesty
I think the list of packages mentioned in the CrossCompiling wikipage is 
still valid for ARM64. You can follow the instructions to install 
missing packages and then execute the runes I sent in my previous e-mail.
Let me know if you need more help.

Cheers,

--
Julien Grall

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