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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



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