Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 06:40:05 -0800 (PST) From: Robert Swindells <swindellsr@genrad.co.uk> To: mtempel@visi.com Cc: kdulzo@gerp.org, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cross compilation problems Message-ID: <20000331144005.577D437B7E8@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <003301bf9ace$8325db60$49ec62d1@dirac> (mtempel@visi.com)
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Mark Tempel wrote: >I don't know if that is exactly the compiler that we need. My impression, >is that we really need a freebsd-sparc compiler. I have been using the >NetBSD sparc gcc for my playing around, but we will need a FreeBSD >version soon. The problem I see is that the NetBSD compiler will build a.out >binaries, however FreeBSD needs elf binary files. NetBSD can load both a.out and ELF binaries, different ports default to using one format or the other for their userland. I would suggest building a NetBSD/sparc kernel with ELF support in addition to a.out. In any case, we would want FreeBSD/sparc to be able to run NetBSD/sparc and (if possible) SunOS 4.x binaries, so any kernel work to run a.out binaries on FreeBSD/sparc isn't wasted. Robert Swindells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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