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Other FAQ entries: * quick summary and pointers for EABI. (I guess this is target processor dependent). Brendan Simon. Brendan Simon wrote: > I think that the crossGCC FAQ is in dire need of being updated. Most people > are using egcs when building cross compilers (well that's the impression that > I get). The current FAQ refers to GCC-2.8.1, building libstdc++ from > seperate sources, etc. Maybe we should have a seperate section for EGCS or > start a new FAQ "crossEGCS" ? The latter MAY not live for long depending on > what Cygnus do now that they are the official maintainers of GCC. If egcs is > to be rename gcc3 (ie. gcc-3.0.0) the crossEGCS maybe a bad name. Maybe the > version numbers of the FAQ could be in sync with the gcc version numbers. > eg. crossGCC FAQ ver 2.x..x and crossGCC FAQ ver 3.x.x ? The only problem > with maintaining multiple copies is keeping them in sync. I'm more in favour > of having a common secition in the FAQ and having a gcc 2.x.x > section/appendix and a gcc 3.x.x (egcs) section/appendix. > > The FAQ desperately needs a section on header files for the target. How to > install or pre-install them. I constantly have problems building cross > compilers because of header files not being found. I'm not sure where to get > them (newlib ?) or from another system (eg. linux, cygwin, mingw, etc). > > I think the library section can be elaborated upon. What is libiberty ? Do > I need it ? Do I have a choice ? > > Maybe a section on ELF and a section on the specs file. This could be > minimal introduction stuff with pointers to more detailed documentation. > > These are my initial thoughts. I'm sure there are others that would have > suggestions on new contents for the FAQ and possibly to improve existing > information. Please put your thoughts forward and lets keep on improving the > FAQ. Hopefully the FAQ can get to the stage where most (if not all) of the > basic questions can be answered without bombarding the list (I know that's > what I tend to do. What other options are there ?) > > Brendan Simon. _______________________________________________ New CrossGCC FAQ: http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC _______________________________________________ To remove yourself from the crossgcc list, send mail to crossgcc-request@cygnus.com with the text 'unsubscribe' (without the quotes) in the body of the message.