From owner-freebsd-sparc Fri Mar 31 21: 3:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from mail.visi.com (baal.visi.com [209.98.98.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AAD337B7DB for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 21:03:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mtempel@mail.visi.com) Received: from dirac (dirac.fofx.org [209.98.236.73]) by mail.visi.com (8.8.8/8.7.5) with SMTP id XAA27711; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 23:00:24 -0600 (CST) Posted-Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 23:00:24 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <005901bf9b96$0bb6c3f0$49ec62d1@dirac> From: "Mark Tempel" To: "Kevin M. Dulzo" Cc: References: <003301bf9ace$8325db60$49ec62d1@dirac> <20000331144005.577D437B7E8@hub.freebsd.org> <20000331173629.B50505@mobile.gerp.org> Subject: Re: Cross compilation problems Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:52:12 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin M. Dulzo" To: Cc: Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 5:36 PM Subject: Re: Cross compilation problems > On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 06:40:05AM -0800, Robert Swindells wrote: > > > > NetBSD can load both a.out and ELF binaries, different ports default to > > using one format or the other for their userland. > > Wow, I didn't know that. I'm still relativly new to NetBSD. I'm glad that this is the case. Now I don't think that a freebsd-sparc output from gcc is as important at this point. > > I would suggest building a NetBSD/sparc kernel with ELF support in > > addition to a.out. > > I think this is the ultimate plan, I am currently just trying to > get a cross compiler to start hacking at libc. Kernel works I will > leave for some of the more qualified, or have to dedicate some time to > becoming so myself. In any case, my impressions are userland is more > important than kernel at this time. I agree with you that the userland is more important right now. Also, given the response that kernel work will not be wasted in light of the WC-BSDi merger, I will go back to working on the loader stuff.... Good news is there is no need for boot1 (ahh the joys of the prom). Mark Tempel mtempel@visi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message