Same toolchain for the whole system ????

Same toolchain for the whole system ????

[Mau Z]

Hi all,

I have a real issue with a small company named intel   :-)
Intel supplies a very powerful library called IPP.
Now the sources of IPP are not free (the sources are also not available).

So, I am doing a greate effort to build the whole system with the same
toolchain, but leave IPP alone ?!?!?!?
Am I the first one to encounter this issue ?
What is the solution ? Is there a solution ? Is there a problem ?


Thanks
Mau

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Re: Same toolchain for the whole system ????

[Baruch Siach]

Hi Mau,

On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 01:25:30AM +0200, Mau Z wrote:
> I have a real issue with a small company named intel   :-)
> Intel supplies a very powerful library called IPP.
> Now the sources of IPP are not free (the sources are also not available).
>
> So, I am doing a greate effort to build the whole system with the same
> toolchain, but leave IPP alone ?!?!?!?

Since you don't have access to the sources of IPP you don't expect to build it 
yourself, do you?

> Am I the first one to encounter this issue ?
> What is the solution ? Is there a solution ? Is there a problem ?

You can either install IPP in a separate directory, and do the -I -L dance as 
described at 
http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/how-to-build-ipp-application-in-linux-environment, 
or integrate IPP into something like Buidroot that gives a you clean staging 
sysroot (for libraries and headers), and a target filesystem. In case you go 
for Buidroot, you'll probably also want to package the staging directory for 
your "customers" use. Beware, though, that although the above (dated) link 
indicates that gcc is a supported compiler, the release notes 
(http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-ipp-80-library-release-notes) 
don't mention gcc at all. The product brief 
(http://software.intel.com/en-us/sites/default/files/Intel-Integrated-Performance-Primitives-v8-PB-082113.pdf) 
does mention gcc, but is short of details.

baruch

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