On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 02:55:22PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > As an aside, is anybody using a VMware virtual machine for their > development host? While it can be done there is not much point in doing so unless you hate performance ;) > > and native compile for apps. > > OK that sounds like a safe bet. Which is the primary reason for native compiles. > >> 3. What is the preferred toolchain... > > This is what we use for cross Kernel compiles (toolchain from oss): > > > > /home/hartvige> gcc -v > > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/specs > > gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-85) > > Hmmm. That looks like a native i386 compiler. I'm surprised its not > something like "mips-elf-gcc". Yes, that's his native compiler. mips-elf-gcc however should not be used, there are subtle differences between the various ELF/MIPS targets that would turn your life into hell ... > I'll assume the cross-compile toolchain was built per > http://oss.sgi.com/mips/mips-howto.html section 10. That's roughly the procedure, though the procedure described is not 100% suitable for the recommended compiler version. So I recommend downloading the binary rpms. > > Leo Przybylski <leop@engr.arizona.edu> wrote: > > Well, all Linux/MIPS stuff on on oss.sgi.com is maintained largely by > > Ralf Baechle who is also contributor to numerous Linux/MIPS projects > > on sourceforge. As far as I know he is also a huge part of the > > sourceforge Linux/MIPS. You may have noticed that Bradley D. LaRonde > > is also a huge contributor. No. I don't touch or follow the Sourceforge project at all. Ralf
