From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id f6AHCNp31874 for linux-mips-outgoing; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:12:23 -0700 Received: from localhost.localdomain (client124091.atl.mediaone.net [24.31.124.91]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id f6AHCLV31869 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:12:22 -0700 Received: (from marck@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f6AHBrZ09236; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:11:53 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: marck set sender to marc_karasek@ivivity.com using -f Subject: Re: MIPS Cross Compiler Tools From: Marc Karasek To: Steve Langasek Cc: "'linux-mips@oss.sgi.com'" In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.10.99 (Preview Release) Date: 10 Jul 2001 13:11:53 -0400 Message-Id: <994785113.9191.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk I really need the libs to cross-compile some other apps. The target is an embedded system, so I need to crosscompile things like busybox, tinylogin, etc. (It will NOT have a harddrive) I have done this before with ARM and it is pretty easy once you get the tools in place. Sometimes that is the hardest part... On 10 Jul 2001 11:35:20 -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > Hi Marc, > > On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Marc Karasek wrote: > > > I had a question about the cross compiler tools for MIPS, specifically > > glibc. I d/l the rpms from oss.sgi.com, but they are only binutils, and > > the compiler (C, C++). > > > Are most people building glibc against these or are you building the tools > > completely from scratch? As glibc is needed to compile anything else other > > than the kernel. > > You don't need a special 'cross-compiler' glibc in order to set up a > cross-build environment for MIPS; simply grab a glibc package that's > precompiled for MIPS and install it into your cross-build root directory. > > I don't know who (if anyone) would have rpms or a recent mips glibc; I use > Debian, where I have the packages available as part of the distro. > > Regards, > Steve Langasek > postmodern programmer -- /************************* Marc Karasek Sr. Firmware Engineer iVivity Inc. marc_karasek@ivivity.com (770) 986-8925 (770) 986-8926 Fax *************************/