Thanks for the reply.

So one cannot download gcc and binutils and follow the instructions for
building the cross-compiling tools then run use them to build NetBSD?

Kyle

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Thorpe [mailto:thorpej@wasabisystems.com]=20
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:19 PM
To: Kyle Unice
Cc: tech-kern@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: ELF loader question


On Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at 08:41  PM, Kyle Unice wrote:

> I built a cross compiler and linker for xscale ELF.=A0 I built the=20
> NetBSD source and linked the NetBSD 1.6 /sbin/init and=20
> /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so with the cross compiler.=A0 The problem is that =

> in when the OS is booting and check_exec() is called, the structure=20
> member epp->ep_entry is never set,=A0 so the sanity check at line 290 =
of

> kern_exec.c.=A0

Don't use xscale-elf.  Use arm-netbsdelf.  You must use a toolchain=20
properly targeted to NetBSD.

If you want to enable the xscale optimizations in the compiler, all you=20
need to do is pass -mcpu=3Dxscale to arm--netbsdelf-gcc.

"build.sh" at the src toplevel should take care of building the=20
toolchain for you.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>