----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Jacobowitz" <dan@debian.org> To: "Bradley D. LaRonde" <brad@ltc.com> Cc: <linux-mips@oss.sgi.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 7:45 PM Subject: Re: gcc 3.0 / glibc 2.2.3 cross-toolchain > On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 07:42:17PM -0400, Bradley D. LaRonde wrote: > > I have spent quite a bit of time trying to get a gcc 3.0 / glibc 2.2.3 > > cross-toolchain working. I am not a Toolchain Builder, but I really wanted > > to try this combo and I don't see any way around building it myself. > > > > I've had some success. Everything seems to build fine. However, when I try > > to run a simple "hello world" dynamically linked with glibc, I get this: > > > > <myprogram>: error while loading shared libraries: failed to map > > segment from shared object: cannot load shared object file: Invalid > > argument > > > > I think it is trying to load libc.so.6, which is in my root in /lib/, > > symlinked to libc-2.2.3.so, and so is ld.so.1, symlinked to ld-2.2.3.so. > > > > I feel like I am pretty close, but I am starting to get discouraged and > > could really use some help. I really am clueless about what > > should/shouldn't work. I'm trying to do this based on bits and pieces of > > information that I've collected from countless sources. I have heard that > > gcc 3.0 isn't really "working", but I still want to try. > > > > Here is what I've used: > > > > * binutils-2.11.90.0.25.tar.gz (extracted from H. J. Lu's > > srpm on oss.sgi.com; I've tried others also) > > * gcc-3.0.tar.gz (released version - no patches) > > * glibc-linuxthreads-2.2.3.tar.gz (released version - no > > patches; glibc didn't want to configure without this) > > * glibc-2.2.3.tar.gz (released version) > > You're missing the patch to change MAP_BASE_ADDR. You need that. > Something as simple as changing it to 0 will work for you, since you're > building everything yourself. I tried applying the patch that H. J. Lu posted on linux-mips that contains that fix, but then glibc would compile. I'll try it again - maybe I messed something up. If that doesn't work, I'll try the simple fix. Thanks. Regards, Brad
