On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Brendan J Simon wrote: > I've been thinking about this just recently. > We are developing an embedded product using the mpc860 and maybe a mpc8260. > There is the HardHat Linux distribution which is based on RPMs but I think you > have to buy a maintenance contract at US$5000 per developer per project. > I was thinking about making a Debian distribution for embedded powerpc > processors. I don't know where to start but I figured that all the sources > would be the same as the powerpc workstations, just the compile flags need to > be > changed (ie. -mcpu=860, -fsoft-float, etc). > I was thinking about native powerpc builds and i386 cross-builds. > Does this sound feasible ?
After you have a working cross-compiler, your next step should be to install an autobuilder. However, many packages use configure scripts. For them to use a different compiler all that is necessary is to set CC=cross-gcc and the package will be produced for the correct architecture. I know it works because I have used it many times. The problem is the packages which are more hardcoded (no standard makefiles, etc.). But in the end you end up creating a new distro. Wrt this matter, I thought the kernel provided some sort of compatibility between PPC60x/7xx <-> MPC860 chips? Konstantinos Margaritis
