As i was exactly following the instructions in the tutorial (downloaded latest versions of binutils and gcc-core), in the step 'make all' of bootstrapping binutils, this was the output:
Is there a chance the procedure doesn't work with this versions? (GCC 4.2.0 isn't mentioned in the Wiki, I did, however, get binutils 2.17 which is mentioned in the wiki and was stuck at bootstrapping binutils, not gcc).
(Also, Post your complete ./configure command next time as it's not possible to us to read minds..)
Sorry; here it is (the one from the Wiki, which is the one I used):
Edit: I have now tried a few things... I installed bison, flex and byacc because I remember that I had them too on my old installation... I tried setting the target to i386-elf and i486-elf instead of i586-elf... but the error message is always the same... I also took a look at the configure output, and there it stated that it needed a program called cmp but didn't find it and cmp wasn't on the package list in setup.exe...
A problem shows itself worth the fight when it fights back.
Candamir wrote:I also took a look at the configure output, and there it stated that it needed a program called cmp but didn't find it and cmp wasn't on the package list in setup.exe...
It's supposedly part of the rootkit. A default cygwin install should provide it. Installing again cleanly from a different mirror might solve that (it fixed my install a few times already )
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You're not the only one - I have tried the build with 4.2.0 and have exactly the same problems. Having said that, the same happens with 4.1.2. If I follow the instructions with Damn Small Linux running in Virtual PC, no problems - but I am much more familiar with Windows for devving.
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A few days/weeks ago, someone kindly posted a zipped version of their cleanly-built "/usr/cross" directory which worked very well for me. If anyone wanted to do that for a version including g++ too, that would be extremely nice of them...
AJ wrote:A few days/weeks ago, someone kindly posted a zipped version of their cleanly-built "/usr/cross" directory
I posted a cygwin hosted cross compiler targeting i586-elf, based upon gcc 4.1.2 and binutils 2.17. Its available here but I'd really appreciate it if someone mirrored it somewhere with a better bandwidth as at the moment its just running off my server sitting next to me with a rather slow upstream. The page above has one known problem (+ fix) with the package - if anyone else finds other problems please let me know.
AJ wrote:If anyone wanted to do that for a version including g++ too, that would be extremely nice of them...
Might do, if I get a chance. I don't use c++ for my os, so didn't bother, and at the time I created the last archive it was in response to a request for a small download for someone who had a dial-up connection, so I tried to keep it as small as possible.
GNU 4.1.2 C++ cross compiler running on Windows available here. Again, if anyone could mirror these I'd be grateful. Note that I haven't tested the C++ compiler in this package, except by running the --version command, which seems to work. The C compiler is also included and seems to work okay at compiling my kernel.
So far I have compiled a few elf test binaries and my kernel's exe loader seems to load them fine. I'll do a few more tests then scratch around for some bandwidth
Thank you all, I could solve my problem. The problem was (as frank pointed out) that my Cygwin was running in text mode and I had to run setup.exe again in order to enable binary / UNIX mode.
Thanks
Candamir
Edit: Maybe this would be worthy for the wiki article, but I haven't yet been approved as an editor, so I'll do it when my application gets through or maybe someone else would do it?
A problem shows itself worth the fight when it fights back.
Candamir wrote:Edit: Maybe this would be worthy for the wiki article, but I haven't yet been approved as an editor, so I'll do it when my application gets through or maybe someone else would do it?
chase wrote:I've opened up the wiki editing to any registered forum member.
I added a note here, but you should have had the required access already
"Certainly avoid yourself. He is a newbie and might not realize it. You'll hate his code deeply a few years down the road." - Sortie
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For anyone who is interested, as I was, a link to the crosscompiler provided by jnc100 is now in my sig. I switched it to zip format. Much as I think anyone owning Windows should have 7 zip (which provides much better compression), I did it so that anyone using XP+ can just open the folder directly.
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