RE: GAS installation for PowerPC

[David Korn <dkorn at pixelpower dot com>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Debabrata Sengupta [mailto:debabrata@macmetit.com]
>Sent: 15 January 2001 12:55

  Hi again Debabrata,  Sorry I didn't reply sooner but your message got
lost in my in-tray.

>Thanks for your suggestion and also for spending your valuable time to
>answer our query. I tried to configure it for other procesor such
>PowerPC, SH4. I tried to configure using the following command:
>
>./configure --host=sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1        --target=powerpc
>make all
>make install
>
>./configure --host=sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1        --target=SH4
>make all
>make install
>
>But the s/w is installed for target processor being set as host. Can you
>please suggest how to configure so that "gas" can be configured for
>PowerPC, SH4 etc.

  Aha! The problem here is that you haven't given valid choices to the
--target option.  For --target, you need to give a string that follows the
pattern cpu-manufacturer-os or just cpu-architecture.  Examples include 

  sparc-sun-solaris    -- cpu is sparc, m'fr is sun, O/S solaris
  powerpc-wrs-vxworks  -- PPc cpu, using VxWorks O/S from WRS.
  m68k-coff            -- 68k cpu, no os, COFF object file format
  powerpc-eabi         -- PPc cpu, EABI architecture but no particular os.
  sh-elf               -- sh series cpu, ELF object file format.

  You haven't told us yet what kind of target hardware you want the 
compiler to work with, but powerpc-eabi and sh-elf would be good choices
to try.  Are you working with embedded hardware?  Do you have an O/S on
your target board?

        DaveK
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