Re: [Linux-ia64] crosscompiler ?

Re: [Linux-ia64] crosscompiler ?

[Don Dugger]

Thomas-

I'm not totally sure what you're asking for but if you want to create
IA32 binaries on an IA64 system there is a fairly simple solution that
should work.  You can install an IA32 `gcc' compiler on your IA64 machine
and it should just work.  It it doesn't then there is a bug in the IA32
support that I need to know about and fix.

I haven't done this yet because I'm tracking down other problems but
I actually plan to try this out when I get a chance.

On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 07:06:33PM +0100, Thomas Hiller wrote:
> Is a crosscompiler for linuix-ia32 available somewhere or is it really
> necessary to build it by myself ?
> Are there any problems why there is no binary distribution yet ?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> Thomas
> 
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[Linux-ia64] crosscompiler ?

[Thomas Hiller]

Is a crosscompiler for linuix-ia32 available somewhere or is it really
necessary to build it by myself ?
Are there any problems why there is no binary distribution yet ?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Thomas

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Re: [Linux-ia64] crosscompiler ?

[Jim Wilson]

	Is a crosscompiler for linuix-ia32 available somewhere or is it really
	necessary to build it by myself ?

I don't know of anyone publicly distributing native or cross compiler binaries
at this time.  Most free software groups tend to just distribute sources, not
binaries.

Unfortunately, at the present time, there is no easy way to build a cross
compiler, because not all of the stuff you need is readily available to the
public.  It is possible, it is just a lot of work, because you need to build
the compiler and the libraries (glibc) at the same time, which requires a more
complicated build process than is normal.

This will all get easier when the linux vendors start releasing alpha quality
ia64 linux distributions.  Unless you have an immediate need for an ia64
compiler, you are probably better off waiting, and let the linux vendors do
the hard work for you.

Jim

Re: [Linux-ia64] crosscompiler ?

[Uros Prestor]

Jim Wilson wrote:

>         Is a crosscompiler for linuix-ia32 available somewhere or is it really
>         necessary to build it by myself ?

You can get the IA-64 crosscompiler toolchain at

     ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/ia64/RPMS/i386/gnupro-2.9-000303.i386.rpm

This RPM is based on the Mar 3 release of the Cygnus toolchain with some patches
thrown in.  You will get a complete set of binutils and a C compiler.  There is
no gdb and the libstdc++ is missing at the moment.

We will try to keep the crosscompiler RPM current but be warned that we don't use
the crosscompilers internally and that we only did minimal testing of this RPM.
If you have problems with it send email to ia64-dist@turbolinux.com.

Uros

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