8.0-release won't compile for Avila

[Robert Keyes]

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Rui Paulo wrote:

> hi,
>
> On 27 Jan 2010, at 19:56, Robert Keyes wrote:
>
>> Following the instructions at http://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSDAvila, build fails in make installworld with the error install: ldscripts/armelf_fbsd.x: No such file or directory
>>
>> What I do see is /usr/obj/arm/usr/src/gnu/usr/bin/binutils/ld/ldscripts/armelfb_fbsd.x
>>
>> so, where does the change need to be made to reconcile the difference between armelfb_fbsd and armelf_bsd? Or has this been done in head? I want to keep things as close to 8.0-release as possible.
>>
>> Or is it smarter to just jump to nanobsd, minibsd, or similar?
>
> Did you forget TARGET_BIG_ENDIAN=true when doing the installworld?
>
> The instructions on the wiki work for me in HEAD and stable/8, at least.

What I did, was forget the underscore between BIG and ENDIAN. Fixing this 
solved my problem. I guess I should have used cut & paste ;)

Sorry for the false alarm. Mea Culpa.

Is there any forum or wiki for people who are actively developing/using 
FreeBSD on the Avila / Cambria boards? Some place more specific than here?