Dear Chris, in message <3FC24EB1.60106 at gcctech.com> you wrote: > > 1. Do I really need to go back and build my own tool chain? I've tried
Yes, you do - at least if you want to make sure you completely understand the technology and that you will in all situations be able to build your tools from scratch. > 2. On my intel development machine I see that libresolv.a comes from > glibc-devel-2.2.5-34. I have gcc-2.96-110 for my compiler. Should I go > find a version of glibc-devel that matches up with my existing 2.95.3 > tools? How will I know if its the right version? If you stick with your existing toolchain you must find a version of glibc-devel that matches your glibc. The compiler version is not so much interesting here. > 3. Better yet, is there somewhere I can just obtain a reasonable tool > chain that's ready-built for my target machine? Complete with libraries? Did you ever have a look at our ELDK? It's free for download, and a lot of projects seem to be using it (and of course we use it ourself for a couple of projects, too). Please see http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/ELDK for details. > Sorry for the newbie type questions. I have the "Using and Porting GNU > CC" book, but am finding it a little too Stallman-esque to follow. Anyone? Karim Yaghmour: "Building Embedded Linux Systems" [Paperback: 400 pages, O'Reilly & Associates; (May 2003); ISBN 059600222X] is definitely worth reading. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd at denx.de "This isn't brain surgery; it's just television." - David Letterman ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
