Re: Newlib doubt

["J. Johnston" <jjohnstn at cygnus dot com>]

Bharani Chadalavada wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was trying to compile newlib using an i386->mips cross gcc. I have a
> couple of questions.
>  I realize that I need to provide my own implementation of close, read,
> write etc for my applications to work.  But when I tried the above
> compilation, newlib needed the following header files - machine/ansi.h,
> stddef.h, limits.h etc.(this is just a partial list). Now what I don't
> understand is, do I have to have these header files as target specific
> stuff since I am compiling newlib as a target library or do I have to
> have these stuff from the native host which is i386.
> I was able to compile newlib when I gave the i386 specific header files
> in the include path. But I am not sure if this is the right thing.
> 
> I really appreciate your time and help.
> 
> Thank you,
> Bharani.

Bharani,

  You need to compile newlib for the target which in this case is mips.
The header files in question should be supplied by your cross-compiler.  What did you specify when
you configured newlib and did you personally build the cross-compiler?

-- Jeff J.