On 10/29/05, Sven Luther <sven.luther at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 10:05:45AM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > Cyril Plisko <cyril.plisko at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > Hmm.. is anyone cross-compiling PowerPC OpenSolaris on x86 Solaris 10?
> > >
> > > That is actually a current plan - to crossbuild the port on Solaris x86.
> > > And the cross toolchain is built with that decision in mind.
> > > (http://opensolaris.org/os/community/power_pc/ppc_tools/)
> >
> > A lot of software (all that uses autoconf) cannot be compiled on a different
> > CPU without manually editing all autoconf results which may take a long
> > time.
>
> Notice also that doing native compilation is a good way to test the toolchain
> and underlying OS. I personally recomend it :) Also, distcc and ccache :)
I personally prefer this way too, unless the OS isn't selfhosted yet :)
Regards,
Cyril
>
> Friendly,
>
> Sven Luther
>
>
