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

[Sean Silva]

Although I see this has already been committed, a suggestion:

-#. If you want to run ``make
-   check-all`` after building LLVM/Clang, to avoid false alarms (eg, ARCMT
-   failure) please use at least the following configuration:
+#. If you want to run ``make check-all`` after building LLVM/Clang, to
avoid
+   false alarms (e.g., ARCMT failure) please use at least the following
+   configuration:
[...]
-#. The most popular linaro/ubuntu OS's for ARM boards, eg, the
+#. The most popular Linaro/Ubuntu OS's for ARM boards, e.g., the

Just as we do with code, please keep cosmetic changes in separate patches
in the future.

-- Sean Silva


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:36 AM, 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 LLVMtasks.
>
>
> -- 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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