[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Hi, > > I know that some people are working on a GCC port for Minix v3, but > I'd like to work on a cross-compiler for my own purposes. I'd like > the host and build to be i686-pc-linux-gnu, and the target to be > i[3456]86-pc-minix3. > > Can anyone give me some advice on where to begin and what info I need? > The most obvious issue is that binutils needs to be aware of the > Minix 3 a.out object file format, unless I tweak things so that a > program that converts statically linked ELF object files into a.out > object files runs automatically after a build. I'm not sure what the > best approach would be. Well, Daniel Kegel's crosstool is the best place to learn on how to _build_ a cross compiling toolchain.
> There are probably some good docs out there on making a new > cross-compile target, but I haven't found them. Do they exist, and if > yes where are they? What new files do I need to help GCC build for a > Minix 3 target, what do I put in them, where can I learn about writing > a specs file for Minix 3, etc. Well, as far as I have seen, most of the internals are documented in the code itself. The best way to learn how it works, in my opinion, is to get a good code cross-reference tool. The files you mostly want to look at are in gcc/config in a build tree. [snip] > Thanks for your help. > > James Buchanan > Good luck and have fun, Jonathan Bastien-Filiatrault
