[yocto] arm-*-linux-gnueabi : unrecognized option -Wl, -soname

[Pietro]

Maciej Borzęcki
<maciej.borzecki at rndity.com> writes:

> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Pietro <pulsarpietro at posteo.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> "Daniel." <danielhilst at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I *guess* that it should be -Wl,-soname=libgpr.so.1 intead of
>>> -Wl,-soname,libgpr.so.1. Now from where this flags are comming is a
>>> good question..
>>
>> No that is correct, I double checked.
>>
>> I would love to build the library "by hand" - namely without using
>> bitbake -  from the build directory, the build log tells :
>>
>> + bbnote make -j 4
>>  CC=arm-phytec-linux-gnueabi-gcc  -march=armv7-a -marm -mthumb-interwork
>>  -mfloat-abi=hard -mfpu=neon -mtune=cortex-a8
>>  --sysroot=/export/arm/pietro/PD15.1/build/tmp-glibc/sysroots/phycore-am335x-1
>>  LDFLAGS=""
>>  -I/export/arm/pietro/PD15.1/build/tmp-glibc/work/cortexa8t2hf-vfp-neon-phytec-linux-gnueabi/libgrpc/1.0.0-r0/git/include
>>  BUILDDIR=/export/arm/pietro/PD15.1/build/tmp-glibc/work/cortexa8t2hf-vfp-neon-phytec-linux-gnueabi/libgrpc/1.0.0-r0/git
>>  + echo NOTE: make -j 4 CC=arm-phytec-linux-gnueabi-gcc  -march=armv7-a
>>  -marm -mthumb-interwork -mfloat-abi=hard -mfpu=neon -mtune=cortex-a8
>>  --sysroot=/export/arm/pietro/PD15.1/build/tmp-glibc/sysroots/phycore-am335x-1
>>  LDFLAGS=""
>>  -I/export/arm/pietro/PD15.1/build/tmp-glibc/work/cortexa8t2hf-vfp-neon-phytec-linux-gnueabi/libgrpc/1.0.0-r0/git/include
>>  BUILDDIR=/export/arm/pietro/PD15.1/build/tmp-glibc/work/cortexa8t2hf-vfp-neon-phytec-linux-gnueabi/libgrpc/1.0.0-r0/git
>>
>> Of course jumping in the build directory and issuing the command does
>> not work as the make tool does not recognize options such as -marm and
>> companions as they are gcc's options.
>>
>> I have manually added the cross compiler folder to my local PATH but and
>> I have quoted all the gcc's options under the CC variable:
>>
>>
>> CC='arm-phytec-linux-gnueabi-gcc  -march=armv7-a -marm -mthumb-interwork
>> ...'
>>
>> Is there a standard/better way to do it ? That results in an error as
>> some header files could not be found
>>
>> [C]       Compiling src/core/lib/profiling/basic_timers.c
>> In file included from
>> /export/arm/pietro/PD15.1/build/tmp-glibc/sysroots/phycore-am335x-1/usr/include/features.h:389:0,
>> from include/grpc/impl/codegen/port_platform.h:193,
>> from
>> include/grpc/support/port_platform.h:37,
>> from
>> src/core/lib/profiling/basic_timers.c:34:
>> /export/arm/pietro/PD15.1/build/tmp-glibc/sysroots/phycore-am335x-1/usr/include/gnu/stubs.h:7:29:
>> fatal error:
>> gnu/stubs-soft.h: No
>> such file or
>> directory
>> # include <gnu/stubs-soft.h>
>>
>> I am not getting this error when building using bitbake therefore I am
>> pretty sure I am missing some include paths or .. what ?
>>
>
> Maybe the Makefile they have is just not up to the task of cross
> compilation. I see that gRPC comes with a cmake setup as well, why not
> use that? You'll need `inherit cmake` in your recipe and try with
> default build scripts first.
>
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Maciej Borzecki
> RnDity

I did try but I am getting errors, cmake results in error when
compiling from my machine as well and in fact the gRPC webpage tells
CMake is in experimental  state:

https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/INSTALL.md