Larry, On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 09:40:44AM -0700, Larry Wall wrote: > In principle, cross-compile configuration is drop-dead easy. All you > need is a database of what the probe program *would* have answered > had you been able to run it on the other machine. (Getting someone > to write that database entry for you is the tricky part.) You also > have to be careful to separate architectural parameters from policy > parameters. An architectural parameter says your integers are 32 bits. > A policy parameter says you want to install the documentation in the > /foo/bar/baz directory. Cross compilation has to nail down the > architectural parameters while potentially deferring decisions on > policy to a later installation step.
Sounds perfectly fine. Is there a place in the current parrot code where this information is already available? I could try to provide the necessary bits for ARM to have a proof of concept. Robert -- Dipl.-Ing. Robert Schwebel | http://www.pengutronix.de Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 Hornemannstraße 12, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany Phone: +49-5121-28619-0 | Fax: +49-5121-28619-4
