Configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables when i used arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc

[jenny_august13]

I am trying to cross compile my netperf-2.7.0 by downloading it and in the source directory of netperf-2.7.0 , configuring configure to compile for my arm cortex A9 using the following command

./configure CC=/opt/pkg/peta2017.1/Xilinx/SDK/2017.1/gnu/arm/lin/arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc --host arm --config-cache

But the following message is being displayed

configure: WARNING: if you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.
    If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used
configure: creating cache config.cache
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... arm-unknown-none
checking target system type... arm-unknown-none
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for arm-strip... no
checking for strip... strip
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for arm-gcc... /opt/pkg/peta2017.1/Xilinx/SDK/2017.1/gnu/arm/lin/arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/home/Downloads/netperf-2.7.0':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

Do i need to set any build environment for xilinx tool chain inorder to cross compile the downloaded source code for the netperf?

[hpoetzl]

Hey @jenny_august13

See `config.log' for more details

Best,

Herbert

[jenny_august13]

Yeah it says..

./configure: line 3285: /opt/pkg/peta2017.1/Xilinx/SDK/2017.1/gnu/arm/lin/arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc: No such file or directory

[hpoetzl]

Hey @jenny_august13,

./configure: line 3285: /opt/pkg/peta2017.1/Xilinx/SDK/2017.1/gnu/arm/lin/arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc: No such file or directory

And, does it exist?

If so, is it executable?

Best,

Herbert

[jenny_august13]

Ahh.. i understood, it doesnot exist but when we want to cross compile we will export the path, set build environment and then cross compile but when i do in the regular manner, it shows this following message..

export ARCH=arm
export PATH=/opt/pkg/peta2017.1/Xilinx/SDK/2017.1/gnu/arm/lin/arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi/bin/
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi

source /opt/pkg/peta2017.1/Xilinx/SDK/2017.1/settings64.sh 

./configure CC=/opt/pkg/peta2017.1/Xilinx/SDK/2017.1/gnu/arm/lin/arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi -gcc --host arm --config-cache

It is showing the following error

./configure: line 434: sed: command not found
./configure: line 433: expr: command not found
./configure: line 434: sed: command not found
./configure: line 448: sed: command not found
: error: cannot create .lineno; rerun with a POSIX shell

[jenny_august13]

I tried this way also

source /opt/pkg/peta2017.1/components/yocto/source/arm/environment-setup-cortexa9hf-neon-xilinx-linux-gnueabi 
SDK environment now set up; additionally you may now run devtool to perform development tasks.
Run devtool --help for further details.

It displays same message

 ./configure CC=/opt/pkg/peta2017.1/Xilinx/SDK/2017.1/gnu/arm/lin/arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc --host arm --config-cache
configure: WARNING: if you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.
    If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used
configure: loading site script /opt/pkg/peta2017.1/components/yocto/source/arm/site-config-cortexa9hf-neon-xilinx-linux-gnueabi
configure: loading cache config.cache
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... arm-unknown-none
checking target system type... arm-unknown-none
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for arm-strip... arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-strip
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for arm-gcc... /opt/pkg/peta2017.1/Xilinx/SDK/2017.1/gnu/arm/lin/arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/home/Downloads/netperf-2.7.0':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

[jenny_august13]

Is it possible to cross compile and generate binaries not with the arm-xilinx tool chain but with external arm cross compilers and run over the zc706.

[florentw]

Hi @jenny_august13,

Is your host system "/bin/sh"  bash? If you are using Ubuntu distribution and your "/bin/sh" is dash, you can consult your system administrator to change your default with sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash command.

I know petalinux is expecting bah. This could be the same with the cross compile toolchain in SDK.

Hope that helps,

Regards,

Florent

[hpoetzl · Accepted solution]

Hey @jenny_august13,

 ./configure CC=/opt/pkg/peta2017.1/Xilinx/SDK/2017.1/gnu/arm/lin/arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc --host arm --config-cache

When you use the CC= option for configure, you need to specify a path to an executable.

As you already checked, /opt/pkg/peta2017.1/Xilinx/SDK/2017.1/gnu/arm/lin/arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc is not an executable, so configure fails to use it as such.

You can find the executable under bin, so here for example it is /opt/Xilinx/SDK/2017.1/gnu/arm/lin/bin/arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc

Is it possible to cross compile and generate binaries not with the arm-xilinx tool chain but with external arm cross compilers and run over the zc706.

Yes, as long as the ABI is the same and the libraries used for linking match the libraries on the target system.

Best,

Herbert

[jenny_august13]

Yes, got it.... thankyou so much, you helped me to get progress in my project.... now I am able to cross compile netperf for both arm and armhf platforms.

[hpoetzl]

You're welcome!

All the best,

Herbert