hi, Dan:
i am now building a gcc for powerpc on i686. i have downloaded 
binutils-2.9.5.0.16 and gcc-2.95.2. i need the latest version of gcc
for i want to build program for powerpc403 and powerpc401.
and then, i first built binutils by these step:
1. decompress the binutils-2.9.5.0.16.tar to a temp directory.
2. chdir to that directory and run "./configure
--target=powerpc-linux-gnu"
3. run "make" and "make install"

after all these done, i build binutils to /usr/local/bin. 
next i begin to build gcc:
1. decompress the gcc-2.95.2 to another temp directory.
2. chdir to that directory and run "./configure
--target=powerpc-linux-gnu"
3. run "make" and "make install"

but this time, i failed. make told me it failed to find stdlib.h and
uinstd.h
when build libgcc2.a. then i tried to modify the Makefile and this line:
CFLAGS = -g -O2 -Dinhibit_libc

after run make, another error came out :-(
--------------------
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for sys/resource.h... yes
checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... no
checking whether the C compiler (/root/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/xgcc
-B/root/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/ -B/usr/local/powerpc-linux-gnu/bin/ -g -O2
-Dinho
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
cannot create executables.
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/gcc-2.95.2/powerpc-linux-gnu/libio'
test x"no" != xyes ||\
  /root/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/xgcc -B/root/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/
-B/usr/local/powerpc-linux-gnu/bin/ -c -g -O2 -Dinhibit_libc -I. -I.
-D_IO_MTSAo
/root/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/xgcc -B/root/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/
-B/usr/local/powerpc-linux-gnu/bin/ -c -g -O2 -Dinhibit_libc -I. -I.
-D_IO_MTSAFEc
In file included from iogetline.c:26:
libioP.h:30: errno.h: No such file or directory
In file included from iolibio.h:1,
                 from libioP.h:47,
                 from iogetline.c:26:
libio.h:30: _G_config.h: No such file or directory
iogetline.c:27: string.h: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [iogetline.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/gcc-2.95.2/powerpc-linux-gnu/libio'
make: *** [all-target-libio] Error 2
--------------------
somebody told me i must install lib and include file for the ppc first. 
but where to download them. 
do you think i still miss something.  would you please show me the right
step to build?

regards,
Wang



Dan Malek wrote:

Andreas Tobler wrote:

quoted

Try here:
http://members.home.com/mmporter/linux/cross/

I have binaries for RedHat 5.2 Linux/x86 on ppc.kernel.org in
the embedded directory.  It is a tar file called xppctools or
something like that.  These load into /opt, so they are easy
to remove if you want to do something else.  Just put the bin
directory in your search path.

I believe this was the last EGCS version before the GCC merge.
You will need to select your favorite libraries and include
files, as those are not included.  It will build the kernel
just fine.

It is something to get you started....

        -- Dan

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