From owner-freebsd-sparc Fri Nov 27 18:13:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA22470 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 18:13:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA22465 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 18:13:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA00453; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 12:42:57 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA06308; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 12:42:55 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981128124255.E6182@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 12:42:55 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: John Birrell Cc: paipai@tin.it, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Ultra] Compiler, again References: <19981128120008.W468@freebie.lemis.com> <199811280218.NAA24051@cimlogic.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199811280218.NAA24051@cimlogic.com.au>; from John Birrell on Sat, Nov 28, 1998 at 01:18:06PM +1100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Saturday, 28 November 1998 at 13:18:06 +1100, John Birrell wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >>>> There are other messages which suggest that the future is now. I >>>> can't see any reason not to move to 2.8.x if that's what it takes. By >>>> the time the Sparc port gets merged into the main source tree, the >>>> other platforms will probably support it too. In the meantime you >>>> could use the version in ports. >>> >>> Yes, if there are no tecnical or political problems we can use it. I don't know >>> if we can use it as crosscompiler, but we can try. >> >> Yes, gcc can be compiled as a cross-compiler. > > Last time I tried building a 64-bit (alpha) cross-compiler on a 32-bit > (i386) system, I couldn't get it to compile. I may not have configured > the thing properly, so YMMV, but it is worth checking the gcc or egcs > configure scripts to see if Cygnus have support for the host/target > combination you require. At a guess I'd say that unless there is a > Linux/i386 hosted option for the sparc64, then it's unlikely to > work out-of-the-box. Yes, I've tried and given up too, though I didn't try very hard. But it's definitely not the trivial build that native gcc is. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message