[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: cross-compilers



On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, William Lee Irwin III wrote:

> Hrm? Why would the slower architectures bother? The cross-build is to
> build on speedier arches, no?

Not necessarily, although that's the most commonly assumed situation
(embedded target compilation is the most frequent usage).

> I'll have to investigate which versions are there. Unfortunately newer
> is not necessarily better when compiling kernels for non-x86...

True.  Either way, modifying toolchain-source is very easy to do locally
(I've done it for testing a few things here and there).  Which archs are
you looking to cross-compile?  I may have a toolchain already done on my
home systems.

C



Reply to: