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Re: Cross Compiling, Target String, etc...
- From: Jim Wilson <wilson at tuliptree dot org>
- To: Jakub Sadowski <jakubsadowski at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: elug at linux dot ab dot ca, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 16:27:29 -0700
- Subject: Re: Cross Compiling, Target String, etc...
- References: <20030618041239.82666.qmail@web11607.mail.yahoo.com>
Jakub Sadowski wrote:
What is the significance of the host string that follows target=<host> (sometimes
CROSS_COMPILE=<host>)?
If you have access to the target, running the config.guess script there
will give you the recommended string. Otherwise, you have to guess, but
most of them are pretty obvious. If you are building a native, you
don't need to specify the host/target, they will be set automatically by
configure, which will run config.guess to generate them.
Some targets have various alternative strings for special cases. There
is a general consensus on how to name them, but there is no clear
pattern that is easy to document. If you are familiar with a target,
you can generally figure them out. And if you aren't familiar with a
target, then you shouldn't be worrying about special situations. Just
use the simple default names.
Jim