From: Chris.Pedley@arm.com
To: Izo <I@siol.net>
Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Cross Compiling GDB
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:17:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <OFD56586C6.A6C91DA0-ON80256D88.004D8104-80256D88.004E7735@cambridge.arm.com> (raw)
On 20/08/2003 15:03:16 Izo wrote:
>Chris.Pedley@arm.com wrote:
>>I'm trying to build a gdb debugger to be run on ARM Linux to debug apps
>>natively running under ARM Linux. I will be building gdb using the
>>arm-linux-gcc cross compiler on an Intel box, so was trying to configure
>>with:
>>target=arm-linux
>>build=i386-linux
>>host=arm-linux
>>with-headers=<path to kernel sources>/linux-2.4.19/include
>>
>>
>
>So you are building the gdb with the ix86 machine - so
>host="i386-linux", or better (if you are using PIV - host="i686-linux")
>So you are building for the arm target ==> target="arm-linux"
>So the build is (amongst other builds) build="arm-linux"
>
>configure --prefix=whatever --host="i686-linux" --target="arm-linux"
>--build="arm-linux"
>
>Consider using the export CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS="-fsigned-char -mcpu=one of
>the arm ones -march=right one" prior to running configure to get the
>properly working and optimized code for your target. Especially the
>-fsigned-char (see the newest DrDobbsJournal for other ARM
>compatibility/portability issues)
>
So you think host should be i386-linux, but the previous email in this
thread suggests that Daniel Jacobowitz gets it to build with the host
as arm-linux. Can someone please give me a definition of, or
the document that defines the meaning of host, target and build?
Thanks.
--
Chris Pedley, Graduate Engineer
Intellectual Property Solutions Division
ARM Ltd, 110 Fulbourn Rd, Cambridge CB1 9NJ UK
Tel : +44 1223 400847 Fax: +44 1223 400410
next reply other threads:[~2003-08-20 14:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-20 14:17 Chris.Pedley [this message]
2003-08-20 14:24 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
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2003-08-20 13:28 Chris.Pedley
2003-08-20 13:33 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-08-20 9:21 Chris.Pedley
2003-08-20 13:05 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-08-19 17:40 Chris.Pedley
2003-08-19 17:43 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-08-19 18:00 ` Christopher Faylor
2003-08-19 18:31 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-08-19 20:56 ` Christopher Faylor
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