Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:22:51 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> To: James Harrison <oscartheduck@gmail.com> Cc: Robbins <arnold.robbins@gmail.com>, Arnold, freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cross compiling for freebsd from windows? 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>
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On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:47:32 -0700 James Harrison <oscartheduck@gmail.com> 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
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