Re: PPC crosscompiler building using cygwin

[Dan Kegel <dank-news at kegel dot com>]

Robert wrote:
> has anyone managed to build a cross compiler for the powerpc (405) running
> under cygwin environment and using glibc.
> [I want to build a cross compiler for the IBM walnut powerpc board, running
> kernel 2.4.2 and as far as I know glibc 2.2.3]
> I tried several combinations, but I can't get it working.
> Building binutils and the gcc-core are going fine, but building glibc give
> me problems every time.
> I manage to build one using newlib, but executables build with compiler will
> not run on the target (segmentation fault, problems with the elf header)

newlib is for systems without linux.  You really want glibc.

> I tried this by hand or using scripts as crosstool by Dan Kegel.

When you build with crosstool, what errors do you see?
A couple other people are interested in getting crosstool building
on cygwin; you might want to discuss this on the crossgcc mailing list.
- Dan



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