[Fsf-india] Re: Fsf-india digest, Vol 1 #33 - 1 msg
Pappu
pappu10@mailandnews.com
Fri, 18 Jan 2002 11:01:53 +0530
On , 17 January 2002 15:34:48 -0000, p.s.k \(praveen s khan\) wrote:
>
> so according to my opinion we should stop making things like
> this.
Developing cross compilers that can generate code for other platforms
is a very essential task and should not be stopped (and there is no
reason to do so). The fact that gcc runs on a non free platform is a
direct result of its portability. So where do you suggest, should we
stop?
> >
> > I had got an ARM Evaluator board for 7T Core. Now I
> > need to write a C program and compile it and run it on
> > that board. From Web I came to know it is possible to
> > use GNU Compiler on Windows for ARM Processor
> > (Cross!). Please let me know how to go ahead.
If gcc can do this while running on a non free platform, it can do the
same thing from a free platform too. I have never tried cross
compiling for ARM, but I guess building the cross compiler won't be
that difficult. Some thing similar to the following sequence of
commands should accomplish your goal.
From within the $(TOPSRCDIR)/build directory for gcc, run
# ../configure --target=arm-elf --prefix=$INSTALLDIR \
--enable-languages=c
# make ; make install
You may also need to build at least the binutils package.
HTH,
pappu.