Cross compile boost_context for arm: undefined reference to jump_fcontext/make_fcontext

[bwijen]

Created my user-config.jam as per: http://www.boost.org/build/doc/html/bbv2/tasks/crosscompile.html

My user-config.jam:
using gcc : arm : arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ ;

Building with b2 toolset=gcc-arm gives me:

error: No best alternative for libs/context/build/asm_sources
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>qcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>msvc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>64 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>64 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>64 <architecture>arm <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>64 <architecture>arm <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>o32 <address-model>32 <architecture>mips1 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>o32 <address-model>32 <architecture>mips1 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>xcoff <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>xcoff <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>xcoff <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>xcoff <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32_64 <architecture>power <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>intel
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>clang-win
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>intel
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>msvc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>intel
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>intel
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>clang-win
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>intel
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>msvc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>x32 <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>x32 <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>x32 <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>intel
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32_64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <architecture>combined <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi
        not matched

Any ideas on how to get this working?

[bwijen]

Can anyone confirm if my patch is correct?
If so I will open a pull request...

[olk]

ARM requries AAPCS ABI - you ava to specify correct b2 properties , , , .

[olk]

your patch is wrong - ARM does not follow the SYSV ABI and so no assembler impl is provided for this combination

[bwijen]

Hi Oliver,

I know aapcs!=sysv, but for some reason local rule default_abi (in Jamfile.v2) returns sysv.
(I got the idea for the patch from: https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2015/02/220155.php)

Do you have any idea on how to specify aapcs abi in my user-config.jam?

I'm also willing to help rewriting the default_abi rule, but I have no idea where to start...

[olk]

This must be an issue of boost.build/bjam ... I'm not familiar with it
On b2 command line you can specify aapcs elf arm 64 ... but I don't know the syntax for user-config.jam looks like.