Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 18:09:26 -0800 (PST) From: Marc W <mwlist@lanfear.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <200103020209.SAA49235@akira.lanfear.com>
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Subject: Re:Compiling FreeBSD kernel with Sun's cc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Mailer: Kiltdown 0.7 i may be wrong on this, but i believe that the reason that freebsd has its 'own' version of gcc is to support some things in the kernel. thus, in addition to being mildly psychotic (;-)), it seems unlikely that this would work ... marc. > ----------------------------- > From: John Wilson <john_wilson100@excite.com> > To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Compiling FreeBSD kernel with Sun's cc > Sent: 03/01/01 17:25> > > > Has anyone tried using Sun's optimizing cc compiler (for Solaris x86) to > compile the kernel to x86 assembly, assemble it with gas, and link with GNU > ld? > > It seems possible for a user-level application that is source-compatible > with Solaris (because cc will output assembly with system call names rather > than numbers, and gas/ld fill in the system-specific blanks), but compiling > the kernel seems more complicated. > > Is it very difficult to do / a stupid idea? > > John > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Send a cool gift with your E-Card > http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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