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Re: question: newlib on hobby os
- From: Julian Brown <jules at panic dot cs dot bris dot ac dot uk>
- To: newlib at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 14:17:39 +0100
- Subject: Re: question: newlib on hobby os
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- Reply-to: brown at compsci dot bristol dot ac dot uk
On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 10:06:21PM -0700, cr88192 wrote:
> I have been trying to figure this out for a while. basically, how do I
> really go about modifying this to work for a hobby os (I don't need it to
> manage my entry code or such, or to provide the otherwise mentioned
> syscalls).
>
> I was basically hoping for a clib to replace my current lib, which is,
> albeit, incomplete and incredibly buggy (and I was hoping for a quicker
> jump, ie, to a clib where I can try to port software to my os and actually
> expect it to work correctly...). I can't seem to figure out how to get it to
> build for any kind of "null" os, and do not know how to approach adding a
> new architecture.
>
> I have been battling with this for the last few hours and am not making much
> progress.
>
> I may look at an older version, and see if there it is any more obvious.
>
> any help would be greatly appriciated...
I found this very useful:
http://billgatliff.com/articles/newlib/newlib/
You might be interested in looking at my port, to a very spartan system:
http://panic.cs.bris.ac.uk/dop
from which you might get an idea of config files which need hacking etc.
HTH,
Julian