Cross Compile Error Using arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc

Question

I am trying to cross compile a C binary from Ubuntu Trusty Tahr x64 to Arch Linux ARM on my Raspberry Pi Zero.

Here is my hello-world.c code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    puts("Hello world");
    return 0;
}

I compiled the example using make and successfully executed it in Ubuntu.

Then I installed arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc and used it to compile my example. When I execute the binary on Arch Linux however, I receive a Segmentation Fault.

What went wrong?

Answer 1

I cross-compiled your code, and did not run into a Segmentation Fault. Here is what my setup looks like - maybe it helps you getting yours to run. For Cross-Compilation from my Ubuntu 64-bit to my Raspberry Pi B+ (which has the same architecture like the Pi-Zero (ARMv6)) I used the raspberry tools.

I usually use CodeBlocks to do the compilation for me. But for you, I tried it with a makefile which looks like:

 hello-world :  hello-world.c
    /PATH_TO_THE_RPI_TOOLS/arm-bcm2708/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-raspbian-x64/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -o  hello-world  hello-world.c

After running make, I copyed the executable to the pi, changed the permissions to -rwxr--r-- and run the program with:

./hello-world