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- From: kankkune@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Risto Kankkunen)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: big-endian linux cross-compiler?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.212529.4257@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 21:25:29 GMT
- References: <1isq17INNnqa@cobra.cs.ubc.ca> <1it1duINNhce@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>
- Organization: University of Helsinki, Department of Computer Science
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- >You will probably want to get binutils 2.0, since they supposedly have support
- >for cross-compiling across systems that have endian differences.
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- Yes, that's right. 1.9 won't work, 2.0 will. I have tried both.
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- >But, not to throw a damper on things I have never been able to get my cross
- >compiler to make working executables. I can compile up to the .o stage and
- >then take them home and finish, but no executable runs.
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- It's a bit tricky, but it can be done. At one point I could make
- executalbes by cutting off extra 3K after the 1K of the file...
- Currently everything works beatifully, however. The problems are due to
- deficiencies in ld. If you send me a note, I can send you a crude patch,
- but you have to be quick. I'll be off the net for at least a month
- starting next week.
-
- >(BTW this is from a sun4 system to linux)
-
- Sparc is my platform, too.
- --
- dos, windows, nt... are you a victim of the MS disease?
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