Unix & Linux

How do I cross-compile Chromium for ARM?

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Goal I need to install Chromium on FriendlyARM mini210s running Linux 3.0.8 armv7l Environment Vagrant box with Ubuntu Precise64 Installed depot_tools following these guidelines Get-the-code and Linux Chromium ARM Toolchain depot_tools After getting the depot_tools: <a href="https://getridbug.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b4d5a5c495a554f7b4d5a5c495a554f">[email protected]</a>:~/depot_tools$ fetch chromium Environment variables export GYP_CROSSCOMPILE=1 export GYP_DEFINES="target_arch=arm arm_float_abi=hard" Dependencies <a href="https://getridbug.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="26504741544748526650474154474852">[email protected]</a>:~/depot_tools/src$ ./chrome/installer/linux/sysroot_scripts/install-debian.wheezy.sysroot.py –arch=arm … Read more

understanding “mount” as a concept in the OS

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Data on a computer, as you may know, is stored in binary as a series of 1s and 0s. The way these are stored on a device and their structure is called the “filesystem”. In Linux devices are referenced in /dev. Data is not actually stored on a device so you cannot access this data by going into /dev, this is because it is stored inside the filesystem on the device so you need to access these filesystems somehow. Accessing such filesystems is called “mounting” them, and in Linux (like any UNIX system) you can mount filesystems into any directory, that is, make the files stored in that filesystem accessible when you go into a certain directory. These directories are called the “mount points” of a filesystem.