8 Dec
2005
8 Dec
'05
6:04 p.m.
On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 15:42 -0600, Richard Smith wrote:
OK, brilliant. Apparently the only way to do this is to install the
"toolchain-source" package and, yep, BUILD A TOOLCHAIN FROM SOURCE.
http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/CrossCompilation
Christ, I cannot believe what a pain in the ass this is. At this rate
it will have taken me 2 days to get this working.
Lee
Why does GCC
insist on running in "the 32 bit mode" even though I told> it ARCH is
x86-64?>> Why doesn't this Just Work, is Ubuntu really such a piece of shit
that> there's no easy way to do it?
My experince with all the embedded
processors I deal with is thatcross compiling almost never "just works". You
might try gettingcrosstool and building a 64bit toolchain. That will take a hour or
2though. Unless you have a screaming machine.
--Richard A. Smith