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Re: [Axp-hardware] tftpboot alpha server 4/275

Subject: Re: [Axp-hardware] tftpboot alpha server 4/275
From: Jan-Benedict Glaw (jbglaw@lug-owl.de)
Date: Fri Apr 13 06:00:21 2001

On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 05:19:12PM +0200, T. Weyergraf wrote:
[Building a complete userspace cross development chain]

> > No. You only need a cross compiler for yout kernel. Therefor, any
> > glibc and so on is *not* needed. Only compiler and binutils. You may
> > want to fetch a script from
> > ftp://oss.sgi.com:/pub/linux/mips/mips-linux/simple/crossdev/make-cross.sh
> > and some binutils and gcc source packages. Then buils your alpha cross
> > compiler for "linux-alpha".
>
> hmm. is there a cross-development setup for binutils as well ? Of course, the binutils
> need a working glibc.

The script mentioned above compiles gcc as well as binutils. And no,
you don't need a cross-glibc to compile a kernel. You only need
binutils and gcc's sources.

MfG, JBG 

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