Re: cross compiler intel -> sparc
On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 08:23:15PM +0100, Tim ter Laak wrote:
> Hello,
>
> First I'd like to apologize if this is too off-topic for this list, but I
> think it more likely to find someone here who has run into the same
> problem than on a gcc list.
>
> I managed to install a Sparc IPC for booting and root system over the
> network. However, TFTP is painfully slow and I think a custom kernel will
> only be about half as large as the standard Debian potato kernel.
> The problem is I need a cross compiler to build it on my intel
> workstation, since a sparc ipc with 12 mb ram and no swap won't do the
> job. The cross-platform binutils will compile and install fine, but the
> gcc compilation halts because of missing .h files. I've tried several
> gcc's (2.95.2.1, 2.95.2, 2.8.1) but all have the same problem, though
> 2.8.1 on another place than the other two.
>
> Am I completely missing something (then it probably should be added to the
> crossgcc faq), is this cross broken or is it something else?
Use the dpkg-cross package. There is a script in there to convert
libc6/libc6-dev for sparc to an i386 cross package (installs in
/usr/sparc-linux/). You need this in order to build the cross compiler,
IIRC.
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