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roms/edk2-funcs: Force softfloat ARM toolchain prefix on Debian
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The Debian (based) distributions currently provides 2 ARM
toolchains, documented as [1]:

* The ARM EABI (armel) port targets a range of older 32-bit ARM
  devices, particularly those used in NAS hardware and a variety
  of *plug computers.
* The newer ARM hard-float (armhf) port supports newer, more
  powerful 32-bit devices using version 7 of the ARM architecture
  specification.

For various reasons documented in [2], the EDK2 project suggests
to use the softfloat toolchain (named 'armel' by Debian).

Force the softfloat cross toolchain prefix on Debian distributions.

[1] https://www.debian.org/ports/arm/#status
[2] tianocore/edk2@41203b9a

Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <[email protected]>
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Expand Up @@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ qemu_edk2_get_cross_prefix()
( [ "$gcc_arch" == i686 ] && [ "$host_arch" == x86_64 ] ); then
# no cross-compiler needed
:
elif ( [ -e /etc/debian_version ] && [ "$gcc_arch" == arm ] ); then
# force soft-float cross-compiler on Debian
printf 'arm-linux-gnueabi-'
else
printf '%s-linux-gnu-\n' "$gcc_arch"
fi
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