Re: [WAY OT]: need a windows-based PPC cross-compiler

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 08:57:24PM +0100, Dave Murphy wrote:
>Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>i spologize profusely for this OT post but, after googling, i still
>>haven't quite found what i'm looking for.
>>
>>i need a windows or cygwin-based PPC cross-compiler toolchain to
>>generate code for an 8xx PPC target.  i've done all my work on linux
>>using DENX's ELDK 3.1.1 PPC toolchain, and i'm deliriously happy with
>>it.
>>
>>sadly, there are some other folks who want to build the same project,
>>but they *strongly* prefer to work under windows.  and since the entire
>>build is managed by gnu make, it would seem that working under cygwin
>>is the only option.
>>
>>given the cross-compiler expertise on this list, i'm hoping someone can
>>point me in the right direction.  thanks.
>>
>>
>you might like to check out devkitPPC - it's meant primarily for
>Gamecube development but should be suitable for other powerpc targets
>with a little linkscript & crt0 massaging.  It's built using mingw (
>http://www.mingw.org ) and I highly recommend minsys as an alternative
>to cygwin.

Of course "minsys" is really just an older version of cygwin under the
hood so it's not like you're not using cygwin when you build packages
using this package.

Oddly enough, the msys home page doesn't mention this fact.

cgf

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