How to compile for OpenPandora

[Risca]

Hi,

I've been experimenting with cross-compiling ScummVM for my OpenPandora. I got it working, but it was not as straightforward as I'd hoped. Here is a small summary how.

1. Install a cross-compiler. I used the install script from here and updated it to download CodeSourcery 2013.11 (gcc-4.8.1):
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/thread ... pks.65592/
Make sure the cross-compiler tools are in the PATH.

2. Checkout the sources

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git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm

3. Make some changes

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diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cd79adfce6..2a9e132be5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ neuros)
 openpandora)
        _host_os=linux
        _host_cpu=arm
-       _host_alias=arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi
+       _host_alias=arm-none-linux-gnueabi
        ;;
 ppc-amigaos)
        _host_os=amigaos

4. Configure

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CXXFLAGS="-isystem ${PNDSDK}/usr/include" CC=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc LD=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-ld AS=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-as CXX=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-g++ ./configure --backend=openpandora --host=openpandora --enable-c++11 --with-sdl-prefix=${PNDSDK}/usr --disable-debug --enable-release --enable-optimizations --opengl-mode=any --with-alsa-prefix=${PNDSDK}/usr --with-ogg-prefix=${PNDSDK}/usr --with-vorbis-prefix=${PNDSDK}/usr --with-mad-prefix=${PNDSDK}/usr --with-zlib-prefix=${PNDSDK}/usr --with-jpeg-prefix=${PNDSDK}/usr --with-png-prefix=${PNDSDK}/usr --with-theoradec-prefix=${PNDSDK}/usr --with-freetype2-prefix=${PNDSDK}/usr --with-faad-prefix=${PNDSDK}/usr

5. Compile

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make -j9

6. Deploy on the OpenPandora in whichever way most suitable. I used SCP.

This seemed way more complicated than I thought.
The CXXFLAGS was needed to get rid of a torrent of compiler warnings about redefined defines (if that makes sense).
I tried specifying --host=arm-none-linux-gnueabi to the configure script but then I had to build it with

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make AS=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-as

Additionally, the OpenPandora customization (D-PAD support) was not built. The original toolchain script would download CodeSourcery 2011.09 (gcc-4.6) which would give me a torrent of other compiler warnings. Of course, that was before I did the CXXFLAGS trick so it could be possible that the older toolchain works without warnings as well.

Am I doing it wrong?

[Risca]

Doing the CXXFLAGS trick got rid of the warning spam from the old CodeSourcery 2011.09 toolchain.

I'm surprised by the difference in size between toolchains:

• CodeSourcery 2011.09 - 44 MB (34 MB stripped)
• CodeSourcery 2013.11 - 38 MB (29 MB stripped)
• CodeSourcery 2013.11 (C++11 enabled) - 38 MB (29 MB stripped, 8 bytes bigger than without C++11 enabled)

That's almost 15 % reduction in binary size going from 2011.09 to 2013.11! Enabling C++11 support did basically no difference in binary size. At least not on ARM.