From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from penguin.netx4.com (embeddededge.com [209.113.146.155]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5894B67A64 for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2005 04:32:49 +1000 (EST) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: From: Dan Malek Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:32:44 -0400 To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: Embedded PPC Linux list Subject: Re: cross-compiling under cygwin? List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Apr 8, 2005, at 10:13 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i've just had a request from a colleague who wants to do all the > cross-compilation for our 8xx board on a windows box, rather than > linux. Just remember there is lots more to building and developing than compiling a kernel. In addition to the compiler, you need lots of support tools. Once you get a kernel, you have to create some kind of file system, of course NFS won't work on Windows, creating a ramdisk without a loopback device and file system support is quite a challenge, too. I don't understand why you wouldn't want to develop on a Linux (or at least Unix) host, since you need those skills and environment for the target. Do they just like impossible challenges in their way to getting real work done? :-) -- Dan