On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Dan Malek wrote: > > On Apr 8, 2005, at 10:13 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > i've just had a request from a colleague who wants to do all the > > cross-compilation for our 8xx board on a windows box, rather than > > linux.
> Just remember there is lots more to building and developing than > compiling a kernel. In addition to the compiler, you need lots of > support tools. Once you get a kernel, you have to create some kind > of file system, of course NFS won't work on Windows, creating a > ramdisk without a loopback device and file system support is quite a > challenge, too. a lot of that was part of the conversation. i suspect i may have to be more persuasive. something involving a blunt instrument, perhaps. > I don't understand why you wouldn't want to develop on a Linux (or > at least Unix) host, since you need those skills and environment for > the target. Do they just like impossible challenges in their way to > getting real work done? :-) i'm going to assume that was rhetorical. :-) rday
