Re: Script for NPTL enabled cross-compiler targetting PowerPC

[Daniel Kegel <dank at kegel dot com>]

Stephen Warren wrote:
> I've managed to cobble together a script that'll build me a
> cross-compiler from x86 Linux to PowerPC Linux. I've tested simple
> pthreads test apps on an MPC5200 target, by copying my new libs and an
> app over the top of a MontaVista 3.1 root fs (yes, surprisingly, this
> does just about work enough for a quick and dirty test!)
>
> Last time I tried this with crosstool, I got problems I couldn't solve,
> but the information on the new websites I found got me going. Perhaps
> this is just due to my trying a different combination of gcc/glibc
> versions - who knows! I haven't yet had time to look at crosstool, and
> its NPTL patch, and see what the differences are yet.
>
> Anyway, I thought I'd share it in case somebody found it useful. I'm
> guessing the technique will work for other targets too. Information
> sources are mentioned in the attached .txt file.

Thanks!  I'm sure it'll be helpful.
- Dan

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