From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 16 09:22:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E0A1106568D for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:22:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from mout3.freenet.de (mout3.freenet.de [IPv6:2001:748:100:40::2:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5B058FC1B for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:22:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [195.4.92.21] (helo=11.mx.freenet.de) by mout3.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.70 #1) id 1NKq5s-0004Xv-8I; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:22:52 +0100 Received: from p57ae3276.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([87.174.50.118]:12071 helo=ernst.jennejohn.org) by 11.mx.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #94) id 1NKq5r-0006OH-SY; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:22:52 +0100 Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:22:51 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: James Harrison Message-ID: <20091216102251.41049714@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <3564069F-2FA3-44BC-B7E2-BBC50E576E08@gmail.com> References: <8050e5fe0912150140p22fff6bfh9960b44a4436801b@mail.gmail.com> <4B27B5AF.1010304@gmail.com> <3564069F-2FA3-44BC-B7E2-BBC50E576E08@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.3 (GTK+ 2.16.2; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Robbins , Arnold, freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cross compiling for freebsd from windows? X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:22:53 -0000 On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:47:32 -0700 James Harrison wrote: > > On Dec 15, 2009, at 9:13 AM 12/15/09, oklahoma wrote: > > > Arnold Robbins wrote: > >> Hi. > >> > >> > >> > >> Has anyone set up cross-compilers / cross-debuggers on Windows (including > >> using Cygwin) to compile applications for FreeBSD and debug them from > >> Windows? If so, can you please send me any information, links, etc.? > > why the effort of making cross compiling tools ? if one need to develop application for given operating system, > > isn't more convenient to use the os as primary incubator for that software? + using virtualization is giving you false > > idea of how your app and underline os perform and interact with each other. > > Seriously? What's your idea of the issue with virtualisation? I don't understand. I always thought that you were just getting an installation, but using a software hypervisor instead of bare metal. > The OS and application will run considerably slower in a virtual machine. The user shouldn't assume that the poor performance is due to the OS and application themselves. > > > take spare machine install needed version of freebsd > > using handbook and online how-to's on how to configure ssh and log in from your windows machine if you don't have the skills > > to manage sole freebsd machine as both desktop and develop environment. thus you have box to torture and you already have > > compiler, debugger et cetera... --- Gary Jennejohn