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Re: cross compile gnumach and hurd



"Henning Riedel" <hriedel@HTWM.De> wrote Sat, 2 Dec 2000 03:48:05 +0100:
> Is there a way using that gcc-i386-gnu and the mig-stuff on other linux
> distributions than debian?
> I just have a SuSe 7.0 (or something between) and I just can find that
> deb-packages for the crosscompile stuff. I'm not really willing about
> installing another linux distribution in order to get that hurd running
> somehow.
Cross-compiling the Hurd is not hard. Beware that the instructions in
hurd/INSTALL-cross are out-of-date.

I was able to cross-compile the Hurd on FreeBSD (thanks to arkadi) after
a few tries. Attached is a summary of what had to be done. The main
difficulty with FreeBSD is that some utilities are not the GNU tools:
make != gmake, sed != gnu sed. This can cause some minor trouble to fix.

The biggest problem I encountered in installing a cross-compiled Hurd
from FreeBSD was, that mke2fs was not available there and e2fstools
contained too many Linux dependencies to be compilable on my box.
Strangely, FreeBSD can mount ext2 filesystems, but can't make 'em :-/

Since you're using a Linux box, you won't face this strange situation.

-Farid.

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Cross-compiling the Hurd on a FreeBSD box
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This is a summary of what I had to do to cross-compile the Hurd on a
FreeBSD box. Thanks to arkadi for helpful hints. Please send updates
or bug-fixes directly to me <farid.hajji@ob.kamp.net>. Thanks.

0. get [or update] from CVS gnumach, hurd, mig, glibc [and probably grub]

1. create a build directory structure like this:

  build/
  build/binutils         -> $(SRC)/binutils-2.10/
  build/binutils.build
  build/gcc              -> $(SRC)/gcc-2.95.2/
  build/gccc.build
  build/gnumach          -> $(SRC)/gnumach/
  build/gnumach.build
  build/mig              -> $(SRC)/mig/
  build/mig.build
  build/hurd             -> $(SRC)/hurd/
  build/hurd.build

2. get and install the following tools, if they are not already
   prsent on your system:

  gcc-2.95.2 native build-chain.
  gawk-3.0.4
  sed-3.02   GNU version of sed!
  binutils-2.10 native build chain.
  
3. create cross-binutils:

   make sure that binutils-2.10.tar.bz2 was unpacked in $(SRC)/binutils-2.10/
   before resuming...

   # set CFLAGS to this, so that no -g flag is used:
   export CFLAGS="-march=i586 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer"

   # ensure that GNU sed is in the PATH before FreeBSD's sed:
   export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

   # configure binutils in the build.binutils directory,
   # then build and install them.
   cd build.binutils
   ../binutils/configure --prefix=/usr/local --target=i586-pc-gnu -v
   gmake
   gmake check
   gmake install       (as root, remember to set CFLAGS, PATH)
   cd ..

4. start making gcc cross-compiler.

  unpack gcc-core-2.95.2.tar.bz2 in $(SRC)/gcc-2.95.2/
  then start first step of cross-compiler making...

  cd build/gcc.build
  ../gcc/configure --prefix=/usr/local --target=i586-pc-gnu --with-gnu-as \
                   --with-gnu-ld
  gmake -k

  This will fail while trying to make libgcc2.a with the following symptoms:

-----------
In file included from tconfig.h:5,
                 from ../../gcc-2.95.2/gcc/libgcc2.c:33:
../../gcc-2.95.2/gcc/config/xm-gnu.h:31: fcntl.h: No such file or directory
../../gcc-2.95.2/gcc/libgcc2.c:41: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
../../gcc-2.95.2/gcc/libgcc2.c:42: unistd.h: No such file or directory
gmake[1]: *** [libgcc2.a] Error 1
/users/farid/build/gcc.build/gcc/xgcc -B/users/farid/build/gcc.build/gcc/ -B/usr/local/i586-pc-gnu/bin/ -I/usr/local/i586-pc-gnu/include -DCROSS_COMPILE -DIN_GCC     -march=i586 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -I./include     -c ../../gcc-2.95.2/gcc/libgcc1-test.c
../../gcc-2.95.2/gcc/libgcc1-test.c:101: warning: conflicting types for built-in function `memcpy'
----------

   This error is _expected_ because the headers needed by the cross-compiler
   are not yet installed. this is why we said -k in the make.

   We'll return to finishing the cross gcc make later, when we have
   installed the mach, hurd and glibc headers
   (in /usr/local/i586-pc-gnu/include)

   For now, just install some headers and stuff of gcc;

   cd build/gcc.build
   gmake -k install
   ln -s /usr/local/i586-pc-gnu \
         /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i586-pc-gnu/2.95.2/i586-pc-gnu


5. install mach headers

   cd build/gnumach.build
   ../gnumach/configure --build=i386-unknown-freebsdelf --host=i586-pc-gnu
   # become root, set CFLAGS and PATH...
   gmake -k install-headers prefix=/usr/local/i586-pc-gnu

6. build mig

   cd build/mig.build
   ../mig/configure --target=i586-pc-gnu --host=i386-unknown-freebsdelf \
                    --prefix=/usr/local
   gmake
   # as root:
     cd /usr/local/i586-pc-gnu/include/mach
     ln -s i386 machine
   # as normal user:
   gmake
   gmake install (as root)

7. install hurd headers:

   # first of all, generate a configure script from build/hurd/configure.in
   cd build/hurd
   autoconf

   cd build/hurd.build
   ../hurd/configure --build=i386-unknown-freebsdelf --host=i586-pc-gnu \
                     --prefix=/usr/local/i586-pc-gnu --disable-profile
   # as root (CFLAGS="-march=i586 -g"):
   gmake install-headers no_deps=t

8. install glibc headers:

   cd build/glibc.build
   ../glibc/configure --without-cvs --enable-add-ons=crypt \
                      --build=i586-unknown-freebsdelf --host=i586-pc-gnu \
                      --prefix= \
                      --disable-profile

   # now install glibc headers:
   # (as root):
   gmake -k install-headers install_root=/usr/local/i586-pc-gnu
   cp ../glibc/include/features.h /usr/local/i586-pc-gnu/include/features.h
   mkdir /usr/local/i586-pc-gnu/include/gnu
   touch /usr/local/i586-pc-gnu/include/gnu/stubs.h

9. let's finish building cross gcc, now that we have all headers we need:

   cd build/gcc.build
   export CFLAGS="-march=i586 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer"
   export C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/local/i586-pc-gnu/include
   gmake

   # as root:
   gmake install

10. let's finish build of cross-glibc:

  make sure, that at least here, gnu sed is in your PATH before
  any other sed!!!

   cd build/glibc.build
   gmake                    <<< this takes a LONG time!

  as root:
   gmake install install_root=/usr/local/i586-pc-gnu

11. let's build gnumach now (from scratch):

  erase and remake build.gnumach, then:

  cd build/gnumach.build
  ../gnumach/configure --build=i386-unknown-freebsdelf --host=i586-pc-gnu \
                       --enable-floppy --enable-ide --enable-aic7xxx \
                       --enable-ul
  # edit i386/Makefile: MAKE is set to make, not gmake! change this
  # to reflect FreeBSD speciality. Then:
  gmake              << (lots of warnings can be ignored)

  # this completes the build of gnumach kernel.

12. install gnumach kernel somewhere:

  a. mkdir /gnu
  b. ln -s /usr/local/i586-pc-gnu/include /gnu/include
     ln -s /usr/local/i586-pc-gnu/lib     /gnu/lib
     alternatively: copy contents into /gnu/include, /gnu/lib,
     but it's better to symlink right now, and copy from i586-pc-gnu
     to /gnu/{include,lib} later.
  c. as root in build/gnumach.build:
     gmake install-kernel prefix=/gnu

13. fix a bug with libc symlinks: (do this _every_ time you make install
    glibc, since libc.so is overwritten)

  (as root:)
  ln -s -f /usr/local/i586-pc-gnu/lib/libc.so.0.2 \
           /usr/local/i586-pc-gnu/libc/libc.so


14. rebuild hurd from scratch:

  rmdir build/hurd.build
  mkdir build/hurd.build
  cd build/hurd.build

  # manually fix a bug in ../hurd/Makeconf:
  # edit ../hurd/Makeconf: comment out definition of CFLAGS
  #   # CFLAGS=-Wall -g -O3


  # remember: CFLAGS="-march=i586 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer"
  # if you want debug infos: -g -Winline (and probably -O)
  #    because of hurd_fail being inline...

  ../hurd/configure --build=i386-unknown-freebsdelf --host=i586-pc-gnu \
                    --prefix=/gnu --disable-profile
  (ignore warning about ELF interpreter /lib/ld.so not found...)
  gmake    << takes a long time, ignore all warnings...

15. install hurd

  (as root:)
  export CFLAGS="-march=i586 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer"
  export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
  export MAKE=/usr/local/bin/gmake
  cd build/hurd.build
  gmake install prefix=/gnu

  cp ../hurd/debian/servers.boot /gnu/boot

16. cross-compile install bash and other stuff
    to get a fully functional system,
    mke2fs -O sparse_super -o hurd /dev/hdXXXX
    mount this on newgnu and copy everything from /gnu to /newgnu...
    then, native-install etc...
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Farid Hajji -- Unix Systems and Network Admin | Phone: +49-2131-67-555
Broicherdorfstr. 83, D-41564 Kaarst, Germany  | farid.hajji@ob.kamp.net
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