[PATCH] [DOCS] How to Build on ARM #2

[Renato Golin]

Committed on r194794.


On 15 November 2013 08:40, Renato Golin <renato.golin at linaro.org> wrote:

> LGTM, Thanks!
>
> --renato
>
>
> On 15 November 2013 08:36, Mikael Lyngvig <mikael at lyngvig.org> wrote:
>
>> Here's an updated version.  A bit of cleanup and rephrasing.  I dropped
>> the new section heading and simply added to the already existing list of
>> items.
>>
>> As for a document on how to do a build properly, I have long longed for
>> more detailed instructions on setting up a build slave - especially the
>> phase about testing it and linking it into Zorg and where to find Zorgand stuff.  I know
>> Zorg is at http://llvm.org/git/zorg.git, but every time I need this
>> information I seem to have forgotten where to find it.  That will be the
>> next LLVM project I take on my shoulders; right now I am swamped with
>> LLVM tasks.
>>
>>
>> -- Mikael
>>
>>
>>
>> 2013/11/15 Renato Golin <renato.golin at linaro.org>
>>
>>> Hi Mikael, Sean,
>>>
>>> First, I think we have two different documents there. One, how to
>>> prepare stable, good quality buildbots. The other, how to build on ARM,
>>> specifically ARM buildbots. We shouldn't bundle all that into
>>> HowToBuildOnARM.
>>>
>>> Second, the notes on the dev boards was my mere opinion based on very
>>> little experimentation, I'd never put that on an official (long lasting)
>>> documentation, especially naming names and all that. Having this on the
>>> mailing list's history is one thing, having that bundled with LLVM on every
>>> release from now on is a different thing. If you want to say "ARM dev
>>> boards are notoriously unstable", that's fine, they all are, but please
>>> don't name them. Plus, they will be less unstable as time passes, since
>>> they're becoming less and less "dev" and more and more "rack boxes", which
>>> means testing will increase, price will decrease, etc. That comment will be
>>> almost irrelevant in a few years from now.
>>>
>>> thanks!
>>> --renato
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15 November 2013 04:49, Sean Silva <silvas at purdue.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> LGTM. Renato, can you check off on this and commit it?
>>>>
>>>> -- Sean Silva
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Mikael Lyngvig <mikael at lyngvig.org>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The patch adds Renatos very valuable tips and tricks for using ARM
>>>>> development boards to the ARM build documentation.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Mikael
>>>>>
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