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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/31] Andes(nds32) Linux Kernel Port
To: Greentime Hu <green.hu@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 9:41 AM, Greentime Hu <green.hu@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2017-11-08 16:32 GMT+08:00 David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>:
>> Greentime Hu <green.hu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The build script and toolchain repositories are able to be found here:
>>>   https://github.com/andestech/build_script.git
>>
>> Is arch support in upstream binutils and gcc?
>
> Yes, it is but only supporting elf-toolchain now. We will do the
> upstream for Linux-toolchain in the next step.

Is the Linux toolchain only required for building user space, or do
you also need it
for building kernels? It's often possible to build kernels with a bare
toolchain, and
that helps a lot for automated testing.

      Arnd