Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 14:07:44 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher Nielsen <enkhyl@scient.com> To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Ultra] Compiler, again (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811271407010.96971-100000@ender.sf.scient.com>
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On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Paolo Di Francesco wrote: > 1) do we really need the toolchain? I have downloaded gcc2.8 and I found this Um... yes. Without the toolchain, you won't be building any sparc64-elf binaries. In addition to a compiler, you need an assembler and a linker. It's also nice to have some binary manipulation tools like objdump and friends, too. > 2) Can we use the gcc2.8? I'll look into using gcc-2.8 as the compiler in the toolchain. There was a reason I didn't originally, but I can't remember what it was. > 3) Differences between gcc2.8 and toolchain? gcc-2.8 is just a compiler. See above for details. > 4) Crosscompiling from i386 platforms: I have read the cross-compiling > section from the same document, and it does not seem a good idea 8( > This means I need an AXi motherboard! 8(( Where do you read that? > 5) Have you done experiments with the booting part? I don't have hardware to test anything; I'm looking into a simulator. The lack of hardware will change after the first of the year. > 6) Can you put everything on-line somewhere? (documents, the > toolchain, etc..) I don't have anywahere I can put them for public access, but maybe we can put them at freebsd.org? -- Christopher Nielsen Scient: The eBusiness Systems Innovator <http://www.scient.com>; cnielsen@scient.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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