Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 18:55:15 -0400 From: Paul Khavkine <paul@colba.net> To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building the code Message-ID: <3B92B8D3.98F17C5@colba.net> References: <3B927F32.C617789A@colba.net> <20010902171419.A40299@FreeBSD.org>
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Ade Lovett wrote: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 02:49:22PM -0400, Paul Khavkine wrote: > > > > Hi folks, anyone has the instructions on how to build the FreeBSD code > > on an Ultra box ? > > Right now the box has NetBSD 1.5.1 installed, will upgrade to > > NetBSD-current soon. > > I guess i'll need to setup a cross compiler, what version is recommended > > ? > > Save yourself a whole bunch of pain, get a CURRENT x86 box up and running, > and use that as your cross-compiler platform. > Well i dont have an x86 box to run current on. My FreeBSD box is running 4.3 STABLE i need this box as a workstation so i dont want to put CURRENT on it. > > NetBSD/sparc64, whilst obviously significantly further along the track > than FreeBSD, is not, IMHO, anywhere close to being a stable system, there > are still numerous toolchain issues (at least as of 2 weeks ago, the last > snap I have on one disk in my U5), and is thus not a viable cross-development > platform, though extremely useful as a reference. Well i was hoping to use my U1 box for that, i'll see if i can find myself an x86 box. > > These are the notes given to me by Jake, who in turn got them from David, > our toolchain fu-master. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1. Download the gcc-core-3.0.tar.gz. I got it here: > ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/gnu/gcc/gcc-3.0/gcc-core-3.0.tar.gz > > 2. untar; cd gcc-3.0; > Question: there's quite a bit of sparc bits missing from gcc 3.0 from what i know, wouldn't it be better to use 2.95.3 instead ? > > 3. mkdir o; cd o; > > 4. ../configure --target=sparc64-unknown-elf --program-prefix=sparc64- \ > --with-as=/usr/local/bin/sparc64-as --with-ld=/usr/local/bin/sparc64-ld > > 5. gmake > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > However, from an irc conversation a short while ago, we were contemplating > with the idea of an /arch/sparc64/usr/{bin,lib,libexec} setup for such > cross-compilers. Also note that considerable portions of src/sys, though > not those ones as yet used by the sparc64 kernel, are not gcc-3.0 ready by > any stretch of the imagination. > Also about the kernel tree layout, i'm gonna try see if i can port NetBSD sbus code. It seems like NetBSD sbus code is spread over a couple directories (machine speciffic and independent code). Are we following the same layout or should everything including device drivers go under sparc64/sbus, like alpha/tc ? Thanx Paul > > > Also is the loader ready to boot off the ufs partition yet ? > > No. It netboots and (almost) gets to single-user (last time I checked, > about a week ago). > > Actually, given the closeness of single-user, thus opening up the port to > a considerably larger audience than the deep-deep-deep undercover people > who are those that have done the initial framework, it is perhaps time to > standardize on a cross-platform toolchain and location, so that we are > all working with the same tools. > > -aDe > > -- > Ade Lovett, Austin, TX. ade@FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.FreeBSD.org/ -- "Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead." -- Homer J. Simpson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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