Building gstreamer for arm64v8

[David Ing]

Thanks Nirbheek.

Thanks Nicolas --

I am going to start by trying normal compilation (directly on the target
architecture).

If it doesn't work then I'll need to explore the option of cross
compilation, a topic I have very little experience with.



On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 5:46 AM Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas at ndufresne.ca>
wrote:

> Le samedi 29 janvier 2022 à 14:37 +0530, Nirbheek Chauhan via
> gstreamer-devel a
> écrit :
> > On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 4:43 AM David Ing via gstreamer-devel
> > <gstreamer-devel at lists.freedesktop.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am thinking about creating a build for fedora.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a Docker recipe for building gstreamer 1.18 (or main
> branch) for arm64v8?
> > >
> >
> > No, but nothing special is needed if you're building natively. If
> > you're cross-compiling, you probably want a cross file like this:
> >
> > https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/blob/master/cross/ubuntu-armhf.txt
>
> If you use Fedora cross-compile like I do, here's an example with fedora
> specifics in it (debian vs fedora don't agree on lib path, but the rest
> shall be
> similar regarding using generic toolchain that does not know were is your
> rootfs).
>
> https://gitlab.collabora.com/nicolas/meson-cross/-/blob/master/renegade.txt
>
> If you want to know more about my NFS setup, let me know, dnf have been
> very
> nice and simple tool to manage NFS rootfs for multiple boards for me, while
> doing the cross-compilation on a fast machine.
>
> p.s. Always make sure both host and rootfs Fedora are on sync, applies to
> Debian
> and Ubuntu also (use dockers/podman image on host if you can't match), and
> be
> aware that sometimes they may get out of sync for few days due to build
> issues
> on Fedora side. What breaks most often is QT5 support, I have added -
> Dqt5=disabled, useful if you need that.
>
> >
> > You will need to edit the paths to point to the right places for Fedora.
> >
> > > Would I use Fedora 31 for Gstreamer 1.18?
> > >
> >
> > Just use the latest Fedora.
> >
> > > Which version of Fedora would I use for Gstreamer main branch?
> > >
> >
> > Same. The stable branch and the latest development are both tested
> > regularly by developers who use the latest Fedora. Older stable
> > branches will also probably work, but it's not guaranteed because no
> > one is checking.
> >
> > > Are the current gstreamer recipes still here?
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ci
> >
> > If you're looking for CI scripts, they're at
> > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer
> >
> > See .gitlab-ci.yml and ci/*
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nirbheek
>
> enjoy,
> Nicolas
>
>
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