On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Tom Buskey <t...@buskey.name> wrote: > Once upon a time, Cygnus Solutions provided support. They got bought by Red > Hat and I'd imagine Red Hat will sell support. Cygnus also developed Cygwin > and the embedded eCOS OS.
It looks like Cygnus was what I am looking for and Redhat's GNUPro stuff might now be. Supported, embedded Linux solutions are in large numbers. Support for GNU tools sans Linux seems less common. > FWIW - gcc works well for cross compiling. You can put your build > environment on Linux or any other Unixen and cross compile for your target > platform. That's exactly what I had in mind, but they are looking for someone to hold hands and solve problems. I'm not a master of configuring and maintaining a GCC and tool chain build and I don't have time to become one. > It should also be easier to switch targets in the future if > you're not dependent on a specific compiler. I've seen several sites that > "can't switch from SunOS 4.1.x or Solaris 2.6" because their compiler "won't > work" on newer versions of Solaris. Bingo! You should see some of the obsolete compilers around here. :-( Thanks guys! Ty -- Tyson D Sawyer A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. - Daniel Webster _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
