Re: [PATCH 00/31] Andes(nds32) Linux Kernel Port

[Greentime Hu]

2017-11-08 18:18 GMT+08:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 9:41 AM, Greentime Hu <green.hu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 2017-11-08 16:32 GMT+08:00 David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Greentime Hu <green.hu@xxxxxxxxx> 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.

Yes, nds32 kernel is able to be built with elf-toolchain too.