Why can't I build gcc with ARM tools ? It's compiler is also similar to that of other compilers.Is ther e any reason why we can't do so ? Thanks, Venkat. On 5/6/05, Khem Raj <kraj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You are trying to use ARM RVCT linker and assembler as backend to gcc which > is not going to work. The assembly syntax is quite different. So the > assembly output generated by gcc can not be consumed by RVCT assembler. > > Btw. I am not sure if you can use ARM tools to build gcc. > > HTH > > Khem > > -----Original Message----- > From: gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Venkat Narayana > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 10:22 PM > To: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: How to configure for ARM native compiler. > > Hi , > > I am trying to build a Native compiler for ARM. I will use the > compiler on ARM target to generate ARM target . > > I tried below syntax to configure the GCC on linux os. > > ../gcc-3.4.2/configure --enable-languages=c,c++ --target=arm-elf > --host=arm-linux > --with-as=../../root/ARM_builds/dist_118_linux-pentium/RVCT/Programs/2.2/453 > /linux-pentium/armasm > --with-ld=../../root/ARM_builds/dist_118_linux-pentium/RVCT/Programs/2.2/453 > /linux-pentium/armlink > --with-cpu-ARM --build=i386-redhat-linux > > But i am getting error when trying to bootstrap it. > I gave command "make bootstrap ".It is giving error as > > guessing bigendian ... > unknown > configure: error: unknown endianess - sorry > /root/venkat/gcc-3.4.2/libiberty/configure: line 3289: exit: please: > numeric argument required > /root/venkat/gcc-3.4.2/libiberty/configure: line 3289: exit: please: > numeric argument required > make: *** [configure-libiberty] Error 1 > > So where in configure, i need to specify the endianness... > > MAny Thanks, > Venkat. > >
