Hi Ken, My problem was indeed that i was targeting i586 from a i686 machine ... when i switched my target to i696 everything builds ... now onto the next steps :-)
Jim On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 15:04 +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 09:12:14AM -0400, Jim wrote: > > Hi I am having problems compiling glibc 2.3.6. > > > > I terminate the compile currently with below error: > > > > /i386/i686 -I../sysdeps/i386/i486 -I../sysdeps/i386/fpu > [...] > > /home/jgdon/code/linuxfromscratch/build-glibc/csu/check_fds.os > > ../sysdeps/generic/check_fds.c: In function 'check_one_fd': > > ../sysdeps/generic/check_fds.c:52: error: can't find a register in class > > 'BREG' while reloading 'asm' > > > > I am currently building with: > > > > - binutils 2.16.1 (compiled myself) > > - gcc 4.0.3 (compiled myself with newlib) > > - kernel 2.17.7 > > > > CC=i586-elf-gcc AR=i586-elf-ar RANLIB=i586-elf-ranlib > > ../glibc-2.3.6/configure --with-headers=$KERNEL > > --prefix=$PREFIX/$TARGET --enable-add-ons=linuxthreads > > > > Cheers and thanks, > > Jim > When you deviate from the book, you need to tell the list what you > are doing. You seem to be compiling for i586, so probably the host > is a faster i686 ? > > I'm not familiar with 'newlib' (heard of it, but never used or > looked at it), and slightly puzzled by the i586-elf- names (I'd > expect something like i586-pc-linux-gnu-). I don't know whose > build-method you are following, but if it is one of the LFS hints > you could mention that, and if it is not, you might do better > asking wherever is appropriate to it. > > As a guess, the build partly thinks it is on an i686 because you > are not telling it to cross-compile, (--build, --host, --target for > cross-compiling glibc) and I'm suspicious of passing AR and RANLIB > to 'configure' for glibc (might work for 2.3.6, might not). > > I don't know if we have this covered on cross-lfs (we never hear a > lot about successes, and building for i586 from i686 is no longer > common), but I think we've probably got this working, see > http://trac.cross-lfs.org/ (note that we are using a newer binutils > and gcc). If you try that, please ask on the clfs lists if you have > problems. > > Ken > -- > das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- James Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> gomba -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
