Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:32:05 +0100 From: Michael Hopkins <michael.hopkins@hopkins-research.com> To: "freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org" <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org> Subject: Cross-compiling/porting to Linux Message-ID: <BE6EFB45.36AB4%michael.hopkins@hopkins-research.com>
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Hi all
I have just installed mingwin32 from the ports and it works beautifully -
can now port all my Unix command line code (including linking to win32
libraries) to win32 with the flick of a make switch. Marvellous!
Now to linux... I haven't tried any of the linux compatibility stuff yet,
either for running binaries or cross-compiling. I thought I would ask here
first because I have seen quite a few messages suggesting potential issues
on amd64.
At the moment I am mainly interested in cross-compiling and wanting to
target 32-bit linux, but obviously 64-bit will be useful in the future.
Would like to get some advice on what to install and any kernel
configuration or module loading that I might need to do.
On a related topic - I can see that there are ports for converting binaries
between different formats (e.g. ELF to a.out). As there is already a
runtime compatibility established, how easy would it be to build something
that reads in a FreeBSD binary or library and outputs a linux one? Just a
thought.
TIA
Michael
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