Cross-compilers.

[Enrico Scholz]

rc040203 at freenet.de (Ralf Corsepius) writes:

>> This will create a huge amount of variations:
>> 
>> * soft-float/hard-float
>> * little/big-endianess
>> * cpu optimized libs (e.g. ARM XScale, EP9301, Thumb/non-thumb); multi-lib
>>   support would be probably too much overkill for embedded platforms
> The contrary is true. Multilibs initially have been invented for
> embedded targets and have a long history there, predating using them on
> "non-embedded" OSes.

I do not see sense for multilib here because binary packages must be
built per architecture (e.g. soft/hard-float are ABI incompatible,
kernel assumes a certain endianess, optimized programs should be used
on embedded platforms due to the limited resources).

Enabling the multilib bits adds just unneeded complexity (both in
packaging, bootstrapping and performance+size aspects).



Enrico
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