From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 1 18: 9:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from akira.lanfear.com (akira.lanfear.com [208.12.11.174]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A74937B719 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 18:09:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwlist@lanfear.com) Received: from sapporo.lanfear.com (h-64-105-36-216.snvacaid.covad.net [64.105.36.216]) by akira.lanfear.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA49235 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 18:09:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwlist@lanfear.com) Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 18:09:26 -0800 (PST) From: Marc W Message-Id: <200103020209.SAA49235@akira.lanfear.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > 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