Re: gcc 3.0 / glibc 2.2.3 cross-toolchain

["Bradley D. LaRonde" <brad@ltc.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Jacobowitz" <dan@debian.org>
To: "Bradley D. LaRonde" <brad@ltc.com>
Cc: <linux-mips@oss.sgi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: gcc 3.0 / glibc 2.2.3 cross-toolchain


> On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 07:42:17PM -0400, Bradley D. LaRonde wrote:
> > I have spent quite a bit of time trying to get a gcc 3.0 / glibc 2.2.3
> > cross-toolchain working.  I am not a Toolchain Builder, but I really
wanted
> > to try this combo and I don't see any way around building it myself.
> >
> > I've had some success.  Everything seems to build fine.  However, when I
try
> > to run a simple "hello world" dynamically linked with glibc, I get this:
> >
> >     <myprogram>: error while loading shared libraries: failed to map
> >     segment from shared object: cannot load shared object file: Invalid
> > argument
> >
> > I think it is trying to load libc.so.6, which is in my root in /lib/,
> > symlinked to libc-2.2.3.so, and so is ld.so.1, symlinked to ld-2.2.3.so.
> >
> > I feel like I am pretty close, but I am starting to get discouraged and
> > could really use some help.  I really am clueless about what
> > should/shouldn't work.  I'm trying to do this based on bits and pieces
of
> > information that I've collected from countless sources.  I have heard
that
> > gcc 3.0 isn't really "working", but I still want to try.
> >
> > Here is what I've used:
> >
> >    * binutils-2.11.90.0.25.tar.gz (extracted from H. J. Lu's
> >      srpm on oss.sgi.com; I've tried others also)
> >    * gcc-3.0.tar.gz (released version - no patches)
> >    * glibc-linuxthreads-2.2.3.tar.gz (released version - no
> >      patches; glibc didn't want to configure without this)
> >    * glibc-2.2.3.tar.gz (released version)
>
> You're missing the patch to change MAP_BASE_ADDR.  You need that.
> Something as simple as changing it to 0 will work for you, since you're
> building everything yourself.

I tried applying the patch that H. J. Lu posted on linux-mips that contains
that fix, but then glibc would compile.  I'll try it again - maybe I messed
something up.  If that doesn't work, I'll try the simple fix.  Thanks.

Regards,
Brad