[Mono-dev] scratchbox devkit?

[Liam Staskawicz]

Interesting! I haven't found any docs mentioning cross AOT, but that could be exactly what I'm looking for.

Does this mean that if I specify armv5tel-unknown-linux-gnueabi* as a target to ./configure, that any time I make an AOT build it will target armv5tel? Would I be able to execute bytecode normally with the resultant mono binary on the host? I guess I'm not fully clear why I would specify the cross AOT target to the ./configure script for mono itself. Are there other implications to a normal mono binary that setting the target flag would have?

Thanks again,
Liam
On Friday, May 6, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Zoltan Varga wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
>  That code is actually for cross AOT, i.e. using a runtime running on x86 to generate AOT code for arm, for example. I.e. it checks host and target, and not host and build.
> 
> Zoltan
> 
> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 3:51 AM, Liam Staskawicz <lstask at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Actually, I just had a chance to look at the ./configure script and it looks like there is a fair amount of support in there for cross compiling: the targets powerpc64-ps3-linux-gnu, powerpc64-xbox360-linux-gnu, x86_64-*-nacl, armv7l-unknown-linux-gnueabi*, and armv5tel-unknown-linux-gnueabi* all seem to have entries in the ` if test "x$host" != "x$target"; ` condition. 
> > 
> > I was wondering if you could provide a bit more detail about the state of support for these targets (happily, mine is on the list). Are these not actively maintained, or not known to work, or perhaps covered by some other disclaimer? 
> > 
> > Thanks! 
> > Liam
> > 
> > On Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Liam Staskawicz wrote:
> > > Ah, also - http://www.mono-project.com/Mono:ARM recommends using scratchbox to build mono for ARM. Would be nice to clarify there as well, if possible.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Liam
> > > On Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Liam Staskawicz wrote:
> > > > OK, thanks!
> > > > 
> > > > Liam
> > > > On Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Zoltan Varga wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > >  We recommend compiling on the device itself if possible, using distcc for example. Our configure scripts etc. are not really written with cross-compilation in mind. 
> > > > > 
> > > > >  Zoltan
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Liam Staskawicz <lstask at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Hi, 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I'm just getting set up trying to cross compile mono for an ARM target using scratchbox. The wiki page at http://www.mono-project.com/Scratchbox mentions a mono devkit, but the only address is to svn://anonsvn.mono-project.com which now redirects to github, and I can't find the subproject mentioned (garmono?) anywhere in the sources on github. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Did this component not survive the transition to github? Anybody have any tips on where to find it if it still exists?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Of course this is coming from the perspective of somebody searching high and low for info, but if the maintainer is still around it would be nice to update the wiki page, even to say that it's out of date :) 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > Liam
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
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