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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] linking u-boot for mips little endian w/ hardhat tools.
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 22:28:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041008202819.8D2BFC1430@atlas.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 08 Oct 2004 11:26:38 PDT." <200410081126.38970.msundius@sundius.com>

In message <200410081126.38970.msundius@sundius.com> you wrote:
> 
> 	OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-tradlittlemips", "elf32-tradlittlemips",\ 
> 				"elf32-tradlittlemips")
> if changed to:
> 	OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-tradbigmips", "elf32-tradbigmips", "elf32-tradbigmips")
> will allow me to compile and link fine...
> 
> my question is then:
> 
> 1) what does this really do?

Maybe it changes the output format from little endian to big endian?

> 2) if I'm using a little endian cpu, do I really need it set to 
> elf32-tradlittlemips?

Depending on your toolchain, yes.

> 3) if so how do I solve my problem?

Use different tools?

> 4) if not why?

Why what?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-10-08 20:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <E1CBqxq-0002xy-46@sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net>
2004-09-29 18:50 ` [U-Boot-Users] size of mips U-boot image C Michael Sundius
2004-09-29 19:42   ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-10-08 18:26 ` [U-Boot-Users] linking u-boot for mips little endian w/ hardhat tools C Michael Sundius
2004-10-08 18:54   ` Charles Eidsness
2004-10-08 20:28   ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2004-10-09  1:07   ` Masami Komiya
2004-10-11 22:53     ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-10-12  0:06       ` Masami Komiya

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