Re: Porting binutils to other OS

["Alfeiks Kaanoken (MadTirra)" <madtirra at jarios dot org>]

DJ Delorie wrote:
> > > I don't understand.  A "toolchain" can run on the native OS, and what
> > > "stubs" are you talking about?
> > >   
> > >       
> > Under "toolchain" I mean not native GNU tools (binutils/gcc) that 
> > installed on linux host to built binaries and shared libs for the other OS.
> >     
>
> Ok, some terminology:
>
> native toolchain - tools that run on os ABC and produce code for os ABC.
>
> cross toolchain - tools that run on os ABC and produce code for os XYZ.
>   
ok, I will use "cross" prefix next time )
> The native tools are still a toolchain.
>
>   
> > "stubs" in this context it's a some specific things (linker scripts, 
> > some source code) related to the new OS.
> >     
>
> For the linker, this is called an "emulation".  Look for ld/emul*/* in
> the source tree.  Also see ld/script*/* for the linker scripts.
>   

thank you!