>> >> GAW Wrote: >> > I really don't understand anyone who has the desire to try to run >> > build.sh on a VAX-750 to build even just a kernel, let alone the >> > whole distribution. >> >> I recall a time where NetBSD/vax was broken for a long time because >> everyone was cross-building; as soon as a native build was attemped, >> the brokenness showed up. >> >> I native build on _everything_. If it can't native build, it isn't >> really part of my stable, so to speak. > > Yes, there is that issue! > > See, for instance, my recent posts comparing assembler output from > kernel compiles done by the same compiler when run on amd64 vs. i386. > > However those are the kinds of bugs one might hope can be caught by > decent enough regression tests of the compiler and its toolchain.
Could always set up the machine (or simulator) as a remote target and run the cross-compiler against that; or perhaps that is a lost art :-( Andrew
