RE: [coLinux-devel] Getting started building coLinux.

[Sean B. <sea...@so...>]

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> From: col...@li... 
> [mailto:col...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Clemmitt M. Sigler
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 9:33 PM
> To: col...@li...
> Subject: [coLinux-devel] Getting started building coLinux.
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've read the building and cygwin-cross-build files in the 
> source tarball's doc directory in preparation for trying out 
> a build.  But I have some *really* dumb questions, if anyone 
> would be willing to answer them:
> 
> 1.) I couldn't find this in the building file but, if I understand 
> correctly, the build system for both the coLinux kernel 
> (vmlinux) and the OS daemons and support code is 
> i686-pc-linux.  IOW, you build everything on a running Linux 
> system, not under Windows.  Is this correct?
I would say this is correct. The build host is ???-??-linux.
Creating the cygwin tool chain enables cross compiling to a
a i686-pc-cygwin target

> 
> 2.) Is coLinux self-hosting, that is, can I build colinux on 
> a running (and stable) coLinux system?
Yes, and I think that should be your intention. colinux is
stable enough to do that (use a binary to begin?). 
IMO it goes to avoid some pitfalls like using different 
versions of gcc and compiling modules inside colinux with
headers different from that which you used to compile the
kernel.

> 
> 3.) Is it dumb to ask if it's possible to use MinGW rather 
> than Cygwin to do builds?  I know about using Cygwin and 
> MinGW on Windows as a shell and build environment, but I 
> don't have any experience using them as a build tool platform 
> under Linux.  I do at least see that w32api from MinGW is 
> being used....
This might be interesting. I don't know why though. IMO it is
best to keep the build environment the same as the devs.

> 
> If I have time to work on building, I'll add the info I learn 
> along the way to the Wiki.  TIA.
> 
> 					Clemmitt Sigler
> 
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