From owner-freebsd-sparc Fri Mar 31 15:36:34 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from mobile.gerp.org (caffeine.gerp.org [216.80.26.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 105F137B53C for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 15:36:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kdulzo@mobile.gerp.org) Received: (qmail 50529 invoked by uid 100); 31 Mar 2000 23:36:29 -0000 Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 17:36:29 -0600 From: "Kevin M. Dulzo" To: rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk Cc: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cross compilation problems Message-ID: <20000331173629.B50505@mobile.gerp.org> References: <003301bf9ace$8325db60$49ec62d1@dirac> <20000331144005.577D437B7E8@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000331144005.577D437B7E8@hub.freebsd.org>; from swindellsr@genrad.co.uk on Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 06:40:05AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 06:40:05AM -0800, Robert Swindells wrote: > > NetBSD can load both a.out and ELF binaries, different ports default to > using one format or the other for their userland. > This is perfect, I should have realised this. I have switched to giving the sparc-elf crosscompiler a shot, then see if we can run userland apps compiled from that setup. > I would suggest building a NetBSD/sparc kernel with ELF support in > addition to a.out. I think this is the ultimate plan, I am currently just trying to get a cross compiler to start hacking at libc. Kernel works I will leave for some of the more qualified, or have to dedicate some time to becoming so myself. In any case, my impressions are userland is more important than kernel at this time. -Kevin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message