From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14837 invoked by alias); 14 Feb 2008 21:53:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 14775 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Feb 2008 21:53:33 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtpauth03.csee.onr.siteprotect.com (HELO smtpauth03.csee.onr.siteprotect.com) (64.26.60.137) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:53:13 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.120] (unknown [67.162.139.200]) (Authenticated sender: fwmiller@cornfed.com) by smtpauth03.csee.onr.siteprotect.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF332103802F for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:53:11 -0600 (CST) Subject: Building a cross compiler for x86_64 From: "Frank W. Miller" To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org In-Reply-To: <1202326094.1306.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1202326094.1306.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:53:00 -0000 Message-Id: <1203025980.4123.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 (2.12.1-3.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2008-02/txt/msg00166.txt.bz2 I've determined that my gcc build does not support the -w64 compile option. (I'm running FC8 and its not compiled in by default apparently) So, I need to build a cross compiler. I have binutils-2.18 and gcc-4.2.3 and I'm ready to do a build. First question is, what platform should I target, i.e. what should --target=??? be for both binutils and gcc? Thanks, FM