-----Original Message----- From: Kai Ruottu <karuottu@xxxxxxxx> To: Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:48:04 +0200 Subject: Re: cross compiling for x86_64 Andrew Haley wrote : > Indu Bhagat writes: > > I am trying to configure gcc for compiling some c,cpp and fortran > > sources to x86_64 on my x86 machine using the following steps: > > > > 1. Binutils-2.17 configuration and installation: > > 2. After successful completion of step 1, gcc configuration and installation: > > 3. After this, I proceeded with glibc, as I think one needs to have > > appropriate library support as well, to support cross compilation. > OK, now you need to build gcc again, this time with glibc (not newlib) support. The common rule is that the "appropriate library" is always the C library for the $target! ____________________________- As there no longer exist any production CPUs which support only 32-bit i386, and not 64-bit x86-64, this seems an inappropriate time to attempt institution of cross-compiler capability. Intel compilers for x86-64 run in 32-bit mode, in an apparently impractical attempt to support cross compilation. All the headers, libraries, and a cross-build of binutils, for the 64-bit target, would have to be present. I don't know of any successful demonstration of such capability. Tim Prince
