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

[Khem Raj]

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.

 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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