[ros-kernel] Re: Gcc and binutils release

[Eric K. <ek...@rz...>]

Phillip Susi <ps...@cf...> wrote:


> You didn't happen to also fix the bug that prevents it from generating
> binary output so we don't have to have djgpp to compile freeloader did
you? ;)
>
No! And I'm afraid we cannot build a 'merged' toolset that supports mingw
and djgpp. :-(

I compared the object files generated by mingw and djgpp. They are entirely
different. Mingw generates calls to alloca() in tui.o and djgpp doesn't. So
the problem is not only the linker, it's the compiler too. Just try to build
FreeLoader using mingw and you'll see.

Btw, I guess the M$ developers still have to use VC 1.52 (16 bit) to build
the WinXP boot code. ;)

- Eric Kohl

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