Re: cygwin and embedded linux

Is anyone seriously trying to do embedded Linux development for power PC
using Cygwin as the host?

I've designed a build-system for a customer, and I tried (just to see
how
much that worked ok) to build under Cygwin. Everything worked out ok
until
the system cross compiled glibc-2.1.3. Building glibc generated a error
message that meant something like you-have-bad-memory-on-your-system.
I tried to find the source of the problem with rebuilding and running
memtest86. But no success. But this was maybe a year ago.

The same system works great on Linux boxes.

That's my only experience.

But I have a box from Lynuxworks somewhere here (someone gave it to me)
and that box says that the build system is hosted on windows...

/ Magnus

John Fisher wrote:

Is anyone seriously trying to do embedded Linux development for power PC
using Cygwin as the host?

I'm trying to get linux running on proprietary MPC850/860/8260 boards. I'll
start with either the 850 or the 860 board as I'm more familiar with these
processors than with the 8260.

I have the Macraigor blackbird BDM interface for the MPC850/860. I have both
an Agilent ethernet based probe and the Wind River Vision Probe II for the
8260.

All boards will be running with plenty of flash and RAM: 16MB and 32MB
respectively for both the 850 and 860 boards. They will be running with no
disk drive, no monitor and a serial port on SCC3.

I may have real time requirements, but this is yet to be determined.

This is a learning exercise at this stage.

John Fisher
NEC Australia Pty Ltd

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