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> > > My preliminary research shows that it is not possible > > > to cross compile for a SGI IRIX (6.x) target, so am looking > > > for any info that I'm wrong! > > > > > > Looks like gcc on SGI requires some libraries (free) from SGI > > > for the final link step (?), which I presume precludes any > > > cross compiling for IRIX? > > Aren't the SGI libs available at all ? When currently Sun and > SCO deliver their 'Free Unix'es with the system libs, getting > something similar from SGI would be expected... Anyway the 'Irix' > is just one of those SVR4/MIPS variations like SNI 'Sinix, the > Pyramid, Tandem, DDE etc. ones with 'proprietary' names... You get the IRIX libs with the OS on the Development Libraries CD. I didn't know Sun had a "Free Unix". > may now be missing when the www.mipsabi.org died... Does SGI have > them still ? I managed to download them while they still were > available. SGI unloaded MIPS. Start with http://www.mips.com > > I don't think the GNU assembler or linker support IRIX 6, so > > that would be the limiting factor at this point. The assembler > > does support IRIX 5.3, IIRC, but the linker does not support > > any versions of IRIX that I know of. > > Perhaps the situation has been changed... A guy from DDE in > India worked with the 'traditional-elf32bsmip' and got the GNU > ld to work with producing normal, shared-libs-using executables > and statically linked executables. To produce shared libs too... > He also made new startup/exits, 'crt1.S', 'crti.S' and 'crtn.S'... For IRIX or another MIPS based Unix clone? > I think that it could be possible to build newlib for a generic > 32-bit 'mips-sysv4', as a static library. I built it for a > generic 'x86-sysv4' a year or more ago, but the 'mips-sysv4' was > left untested (no machine available for testing...). ------ Want more information? See the CrossGCC FAQ, http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/ Want to unsubscribe? Send a note to crossgcc-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com
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