Yes I added the cross-compiler to the path and created
a separate build directory (ppc_gcc).
Thanks,
Jeff Stevens
--- Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
> > Jeff Stevens wrote:
> >> Is there a HowTo out there on how to cross
> compile GCC
> >> to run on another platform? I have an x86 host
> >> running linux, and an embedded PowerPC 440SP
> target
> >> running linux. I would like to compile GCC to
> run on
> >> the target but am having some difficulties. I
> have
> >> compiled the cross compiler fine, but when I try
> to
> >> compile a native compiler, it acts just like the
> cross
> >> compiler (runs on the host and not the target).
> All I
> >
> > *All* compilers "run on the host"; the term
> "host" is defined as "the
> > machine on which the compiler runs". The target
> is the machine on which
> > the _generated_ code runs. So for a native
> compiler, host==target, and
> > for a cross-compiler, host!=target.
>
> Doh. I misread this; I see now that what you mean
> is you wanted a native
> compiler on the target.
>
> >> did was re-run gcc configure and "make all
> install".
> >> Here is the configuration I ran:
> >>
> >> ../../source/gcc-3.4.4/configure
> >> --target=powerpc-linux --host=powerpc-linux
> >> --prefix=/opt/luan2/toolchain/bin --enable-shared
> >> --enable-threads --enable-languages=c
>
> So, this should have worked. Did you perhaps
> re-build in the same directory
> that you had already configured the cross-compiler
> in without first running
> "make clean" perhaps? Was the powerpc-linux cross
> compiler placed in your
> $PATH setting, so that configure could find the
> powerpc-linux-gcc executable?
>
> [ This is OT for this list really; we really
> should take it to crossgcc ]
>
>
> cheers,
> DaveK
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