From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from WA4EHSOBE004.bigfish.com (wa4ehsobe004.messaging.microsoft.com [216.32.181.14]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C96CDDDE25 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:17:24 +1100 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: RE: Xilinx cygwin linux cross recommendations ? Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:17:15 -0600 In-Reply-To: <49C2DC5D.6000701@dlasys.net> References: <49C2DC5D.6000701@dlasys.net> From: John Linn To: , Message-ID: <20090323171717.5D3ECB2005D@mail163-wa4.bigfish.com> List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , I agree that VmWare is a reasonable solution. Some of our field guys, that don't do Linux everyday, use the ELDK in a VmWare appliance and this seems reasonable. We never had great luck with cygwin stuff in this area. -- John > -----Original Message----- > From: linuxppc-dev-bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org [mailto:linuxppc-dev- > bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org] On Behalf Of David H. Lynch Jr. > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 5:59 PM > To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org > Subject: Xilinx cygwin linux cross recommendations ? > = > = > Does anyone have experience sugestions for building ppc/linux apps > or even ppc kernels under windows. > = > I work (and live) under Linux. I am very happy to work under Linux. > I only spend about 20 minutes a week in windows anymore. > = > But I have coworkers, and clients that live under windows. > Mostly I have them working under coLinux, but even that seems to be > too much for many of them. > = > I have been able to mangle my build environment to work under msys > and use the xilinx edk cross compiler to build standalone PPC apps, > But the libraries do not seem to be present for linux applications. > = > I build my own uclibc crosscompiler under linux from buildroot. > Has anyone got experience doing that under windows ? > = > Can I just copy the appropriate library binaries and use them with > the xilinx EDK cross compiler ? Presumably I need to match versions of GCC. > = > Other suguestions ? > = > Thanks. > = > = > = > = > -- > Dave Lynch DLA Systems > Software Development: Embedded Linux > 717.627.3770 dhlii@dlasys.net http://www.dlasys.net > fax: 1.253.369.9244 Cell: 1.717.587.7774 > Over 25 years' experience in platforms, languages, and technologies too numerous to list. > = > "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a > lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." > Albert Einstein > = > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-dev mailing list > Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev This email and any attachments are intended for the sole use of the named r= ecipient(s) and contain(s) confidential information that may be proprietary= , privileged or copyrighted under applicable law. If you are not the intend= ed recipient, do not read, copy, or forward this email message or any attac= hments. Delete this email message and any attachments immediately.