[gentoo-user] Re: How to compile for less bits :)

2010-09-30 Thread James
Jacob Todd jaketodd422 at gmail.com writes: Cross compiling on unix is confusing because the compiler sucks. (hmmm, nope you are wrong, and statements like that will get you little helpimho http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/handbook/ Some wizards of cross_compiling hang out on

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to compile for less bits :)

2010-09-30 Thread Hazen Valliant-Saunders
Although we understand your frustration we do not sympathyse becasue we've all had to learn it. No it's not a checkbox it's a complie time option; and should be passed when you compile your code. like ls -alh GCC only looks difficult because you are new and have not used many other compilers;

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to compile for less bits :)

2010-09-29 Thread meino . cramer
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com [10-09-27 21:16]: On 2010-09-27, meino.cra...@gmx.de meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: For my microcontroller board (ATMEL AT81RM920, linux based) Do you mean AT91RM9200? I want to crosscompile kernels and applications on my 64bit Gentoo linux.

[gentoo-user] Re: How to compile for less bits :)

2010-09-29 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-09-29, meino.cra...@gmx.de meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: (And in this context: The audio application chuck is only as 32bit application available currently. How is it possible to compile this on a 64bit system?) You use a compiler that generates code for a the desired 32-bit

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to compile for less bits :)

2010-09-29 Thread meino . cramer
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com [10-09-30 00:32]: On 2010-09-29, meino.cra...@gmx.de meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: (And in this context: The audio application chuck is only as 32bit application available currently. How is it possible to compile this on a 64bit system?) You

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to compile for less bits :)

2010-09-29 Thread Jacob Todd
Cross compiling on unix is confusing because the compiler sucks. On Sep 29, 2010 3:50 PM, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: On 2010-09-29, meino.cra...@gmx.de meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: (And in this context: The aud... Thank you very much for your offered help! Sorry, sorry I

[gentoo-user] Re: How to compile for less bits :)

2010-09-29 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-09-29, meino.cra...@gmx.de meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: One question remains open to me: * How can I build 32bit applicationa to run on a 64bit Gentoo Linux (I have both /lib32 and /lib64 and /usr/lib32 and /usr/lib64) with the normal gcc (64 bit executable) on the 64bit Gentoo

[gentoo-user] Re: How to compile for less bits :)

2010-09-29 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-09-29, Jacob Todd jaketodd...@gmail.com wrote: Cross compiling on unix is confusing because the compiler sucks. We're all looking forward to the better one that you're writing. ;) [I admine that gcc has its warts, but you evidently haven't dealt with some of the compilers I have.] --

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to compile for less bits :)

2010-09-29 Thread Jacob Todd
There's already great cross compilers on plan 9. No need to write a new one. On Sep 29, 2010 8:15 PM, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: On 2010-09-29, Jacob Todd jaketodd...@gmail.com wrote: Cross compiling on unix is confusing because the compiler sucks. We're all looking

[gentoo-user] Re: How to compile for less bits :)

2010-09-27 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-09-27, meino.cra...@gmx.de meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: For my microcontroller board (ATMEL AT81RM920, linux based) Do you mean AT91RM9200? I want to crosscompile kernels and applications on my 64bit Gentoo linux. That's easy enough. The source of a gcc (prepared on a 32bit