On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Michael Anburaj wrote: > Thanks Ralf. > > I want this question to be answered. > > Can I build linux on my Win98 machine for MIPS 4Kc Atlas board using > mipsisa32-elf-gcc & make? No, you need mips-linux-gcc instead of mipsisa32-elf-gcc, as Ralf already told you. mipsisa32-elf-gcc is not configured for building Linux kernels. > >From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> > >To: Michael Anburaj <michaelanburaj@hotmail.com> > >CC: linux-mips@linux-mips.org > >Subject: Re: Linux for MIPS Atlas 4Kc board > >Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 03:25:29 +0200 > > > >On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 02:32:03PM -0700, Michael Anburaj wrote: > > > > > I am new to Linux. But I have a strong ARM & MIPS background with kernel > > > porting & other stuff. > > > > > > I want to get a higher-level view of the essential components of Linux > >for > > > MIPS & documentation about the kernel. Please point me to documents on > >the > > > net. > > > >I suggest http://www.linux-mips.org to get started. > > > > > Question 2: > > > Does Linux-MIPS support the MIPS Atlas board with 4Kc processor using > > > mipsisa32-elf build tool chain (Contain the appropriate HAL or BSP)? Is > >so, > > > please point me to documents that gives the exact build steps for the > >same. > > > >No. You must use a Linux configuration of the tools, that's mips-linux. > > > > > Also do let me know if Cygwin over Win98 dev. environment is good for > > > building & developing with Linux-MIPS or do I need to have Linux > >installed > > > on my dev. machine? > > > >I've never use Cygwin myself. The reports I've received are a mixed bag > >ranging from extremly bad to very good. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
