After you source the Openmoko toolchain variables, the Openmoko processor compiler becomes the default compiler. You can compile any GNU - like project just typing . /configure --host i686 and then make - it will produce libraries and executables as expected.
Just these executables will not run on your i686 host - they will run on Openmoko ARM processor. Use scp to upload the executables to your phone. More.
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