Paolo Pisati ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 10:41:42AM +0200, Henri-Pierre Charles wrote:
> > Hello, is it possible to generate a power pc Freesbie image on an x86
> > architecture with a cross compilation toolchain ? Or is a native
> > environment required ?
> 
> Dario yesterday told me that for some not_so_clear filesystem 
> reason a ppc image built on x86 doesn't work, but 
> an iso does work.
> While the opposite, building an x86 img on a ppc, seems
> to produce a working image.

I'm afraid also the opposite is impossible to do. Anyway, you will be
able to do a cross-compiled iso, but due to the ufs
endianess-dependency you can't use compressed filesystem or do
bootable images from an x86.

The toolkit is ready to cross compile, just set the ARCH variable to
"powerpc" on the environment or in your freesbie configuration file.

> btw if you make any progress/gather any info on this topic,
> i'm interested in it too... :)

Yes, definitely. Please share your experiences on this topic. I'm also
really interested in arm porting, but I don't have any hardware to
test with.

Bye,
D

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