Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:12:38 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] fake pre-processor macros when building on non-FreeBSD system Message-ID: <4E1CB8C6.7090405@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAOfDtXNNpZj=cJE2Mtwth3sXiAtoFr%2B=pAv-TmrzjG-wOb%2B0kw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOfDtXNqydD_hyvo25Arkm=gdqVcSJB8RPfnFL9xozQfS=UeEQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPjTQNFp8dQBKdFzhPAX1NZ2j%2BLSsffZkOurN0yEb4M%2BpD%2Buow@mail.gmail.com> <CAOfDtXMMej_KORBt1PvAdAL7VvEkzXjpHM=eO_%2BLh=fP5OfWmQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110712164337.07e387eb@kan.dnsalias.net> <CAOfDtXNNpZj=cJE2Mtwth3sXiAtoFr%2B=pAv-TmrzjG-wOb%2B0kw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 07/12/11 16:06, Robert Millan wrote: > 2011/7/12 Alexander Kabaev<kabaev@gmail.com>: >> Whatever happened to using a proper cross-tool to do the job? > Why would one need to build a cross-compiler in order to compile > userland-agnostic code for the same CPU architecture? This would be > like requiring a cross-compiler in order to build things like GRUB or > SeaBIOS. For one, it might have a different ABI, which isn't actually that different an issue than the one you find yourself facing. -Nathan
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