How To: Using latest GCC for cross compiling

[jmorrill]

I saw some people here wanted to use the latest gcc for C++ 11/14. Here’s what I’m doing:

1.) In VisualGDB, setup your project like you would if you were going to cross compile for RP or Beagle Bone
2.) Download the Linaro tool chain here: http://www.linaro.org/downloads/ linaro-toolchain-binaries 4.9 (little-endian)
3.) Install Linaro in C:SysGCClinaro
4.) Edit your debug/release.mak files to look like this (verify the Linaro installed to correct path):

#Toolchain
CC := C:/SysGCC/linaro/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc.exe
CXX := C:/SysGCC/linaro/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++.exe
LD := $(CXX)
AR := C:/SysGCC/linaro/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ar.exe
OBJCOPY := C:/SysGCC/linaro/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-objcopy.exe

Of course make sure to use the -std=c++1y or -std=c++11 flags to use the C++ features in GCC.

Intellisense is kind of broken here because VS defines _cplusplus as 199711L. Please note I have not done RP, but this does work on BeagleBone and ODroid.

Hope this helps

-Jer

[support]

Hi,

Thanks for sharing this. You can also select a custom toolchain in the VisualGDB Project Wizard, then VisualGDB will detect your toolchain version correctly and adjust IntelliSense accordingly.

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