Re: [nwst-dev] Need help regarding Powerpc-linux-gcc

[Jochen R. <jo...@pa...>]

Hello Vipin,

> powerpc-linux-gcc-2.95.2-1-i386.tar

This tarball only contains the cross compiler and related binutils (i.e.
assembler and linker). That is all you need to cross-compile the kernel
itself.

> When I use it to cross compile my source code, it gives linking error, 
> saying ctri.o/ctr1.o/ctrn.o/libc.so/libc.so.1 etc not found.

You will need to cross-compile the libraries and shared library stubs
for powerpc. Take a look at http://bytesex.org/cross-compiler.html for
examples on how to do this for sparc.

Based on my experience, there are lots of programs where cross-compiling
does not work with the makefiles etc straight out of the tarball off of
the internet, for instance. I find it is usually a lot easier to compile
natively.

Regards,
Jochen