[Jikesrvm-researchers] build on ppc405

[Eliot M. <mo...@cs...>]

>>>>> "$(0&$(B" == $(0&$(B $(0Ay-@(B <fro...@ho...> writes:

    $(0&$(B> Dear all,
    $(0&$(B> after the step jbuild on the host machine 
    $(0&$(B> it asks us to do the step jbuild -booter on the target machine
    $(0&$(B> for me , it is Xilinx powerpc 405/ML310 
    $(0&$(B> but there are some messages make me confused
    $(0&$(B> at line 13
    $(0&$(B> It checks the tool gcc
    $(0&$(B> but as I know , there is no C compiler on powerpc 405
    $(0&$(B> how could I solve this problem?
    $(0&$(B> thanks a lot
    $(0&$(B> ---------------

Well, the booter part of the build involves compiling and linking some C
code. Your only real alternative is a complete cross building
arrangement. I think someone attempted this before, but I don't recall that
they got it all to work. It is apparently quite difficult to get gcc and
its tool chain to do all the cross stuff right. Maybe others have more to
add to these recollections ....

-- Eliot
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