Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 12:00:08 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Paolo Di Francesco <paipai@tin.it>, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Ultra] Compiler, again Message-ID: <19981128120008.W468@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19981128011428.BZH5035.fep03-svc@winworkstation>; from Paolo Di Francesco on Sat, Nov 28, 1998 at 02:16:46AM %2B0000 References: <19981126012503.TTRF23855.fep04-svc@winworkstation>; <19981128110256.N468@freebie.lemis.com> <19981128011428.BZH5035.fep03-svc@winworkstation>
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On Saturday, 28 November 1998 at 2:16:46 +0000, Paolo Di Francesco wrote:
> Greg Lehey wrote
I inserted the line above myself. It would be helpful if you got your
mailer to do it for you.
>> Don't forget that the other flavours of *BSD also use gcc. The
>> difference is that they use different Makefiles (which, BTW, are at
>> least one order of magnitude less complex). Your challenge would be
>> to modify them, preferably in a manner which wouldn't preclude their
>> use on other platforms, so that they would also build a Sparc
>> compiler. So far, the only platform dependency in
>> /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/Makefile.inc is:
>>
>> if ${MACHINE_ARCH} != "i386"
>> BINFORMAT= elf
>> .else
>> # Pick aout for now. the elf config is not binary compatable.
>> BINFORMAT?= aout
>> #BINFORMAT?= elf
>> .endif
>>
>> It seems to me that this wouldn't need changing for Sparc.
>
> I don't know which are the tecnical problems when you compile a
> cross-compiler. For the compiler part (use Solaris+gccX.Y) I don't
> think we have many prob.
I don't think we would use the standard compiler as a cross-compiler.
That should probably stay in the ports collection.
>> There are other messages which suggest that the future is now. I
>> can't see any reason not to move to 2.8.x if that's what it takes. By
>> the time the Sparc port gets merged into the main source tree, the
>> other platforms will probably support it too. In the meantime you
>> could use the version in ports.
>
> Yes, if there are no tecnical or political problems we can use it. I don't know
> if we can use it as crosscompiler, but we can try.
Yes, gcc can be compiled as a cross-compiler.
> P.P.S. Rember: I haven't an Ultra. This means "crosscompiling" and I don't know
> if we can use gcc for crosscompiling 8(
Yes, gcc can be compiled as a cross-compiler.
Greg
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