Re: linux-2.1.60/i586,glibc-2.0.5c,egcs-971114 snapshot :)

[Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>]

  In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.971119094848.5443B-100000@sigil.computersupportcent
re.com>you write:
  > On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Jeffrey A Law wrote:
  > > Well, for many you can use the latest newlib release.
  > 
  > ???? newlib release ????
newlib is a ANSI C library.  It's what Cygnus uses for most of its cross
builds.  I also believe it's used by RTEMS.

ftp.cygnus.com:pub/newlib

  > To be quite honest:
  > 	I don't have immediate access to some of the hardware.....
  > 	... and there's no Win32 emulator available... that works.
Which is why an instruction set simulator is so useful; not I'm not talking
about hardware, I'm talking about a program that simulates the ISA of a
particular chip.

  > So how do I build a cross-compiler?
I really don't have the time to discuss all the aspects of building a
cross compiler, because doing so also requires additional tools (cross
assembler, cross linker, cross binutils, target include files, target
libraries, etc etc).

If you just want a compiler that generates code for some target then
configure --target=blah
make cross

It will probably fail building libgcc1 or libgcc2 because you probably don't
have a cross assembler or suitable include files.


Jeff