> For some embedded environments the kernel (or any programming) is > rarely built on the native platform. The builders, (you Stuart, > yourself Stanley, or myself) would use a properly setup cross > compiling environment.
All of Slackware ARM is built natively, using distcc to several x86 cores with the cross compiler. Cross compiling is problematic when the package wants to build against a particular library that's existant on the host which can be worked around but it's a lot of effort to maintain build scripts that produce what you're looking for in a package when x-compiling. > The big problem is setting the appropriate switches. Once you know what systems you're targetting, it's easy. -- Stuart Winter Slackware ARM: www.armedslack.org _______________________________________________ ARMedslack mailing list [email protected] http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack
