[yocto] [meta-raspberry-pi] needing newer or patched version of g++

[Bill Jenkins]

> On Sep 15, 2017, at 8:02 AM, Bill Jenkins <bill at korgrd.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Sep 15, 2017, at 7:43 AM, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 7:35 AM, Bill Jenkins <bill at korgrd.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 15, 2017, at 6:54 AM, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Bill Jenkins <bill at korgrd.com> wrote:
>>>>> After creating an SDK for a 32-bit Raspberry Pi3 target, I ran into the following compiler error when
>>>>> compiling an application using the SDK:
>>>>> 
>>>>> internal compiler error: Max. number of generated reload insns per insn is achieved (90)
>>>>> 
>>>>> It turns out that a patch was submitted for g++ early last year for the above problem,
>>>> 
>>>> We need to backport the patch to 6.3.0 and regenerate SDK. If you can
>>>> point to patch that will be helpful.
>>> 
>>> Thanks Khem, here's a link to the commit:
>>> 
>>> https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/4fe01ba94e99e792ebe9da2ccb3b071aa1bac388#diff-af18d9175d034b2b3726f1ddc05fae55
>>> 
>> 
>> OK and which release are you on ?
> 
> I've been building in the pyro branch. DISTRO_VERSION reports 2.3.2.

I hadn't heard any news on this. Is there any more information required?
Will it be possible to backport that patch to gcc 6.3.0?

Cheers,
Bill

> 
>> 
>>>> but apparently that
>>>>> patch is not in the 6.3.0 version within the SDK. When I try to specify a newer version,
>>>>> (by using PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc-cross-${TARGET_ARCH}) bitbake reports that only 5.4.0 or 6.3.0
>>>>> are available. Any suggestions on how to resolve this? (i.e. is there some way to use a newer g++ or to
>>>>> apply the patch?)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Bill
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