Generate x86 32-bit code from SPARC( running solaris 8) with gcc

[Raman]

Hi All,

Is it possible to generate 32-bit code for x86 processor from SPARC
machine running solaris 8.
If yes, please specify the options that need to be passed to gcc.

Thanks,
Raman Chalotra

[hume.sp...@bofh.ca]

Raman <ramanc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to generate 32-bit code for x86 processor from SPARC
> machine running solaris 8.

Yes. But you'll need to compile a special version of gcc, a cross-compiler.
Use gcc to build a gcc-x86. Then use gcc-x86 to cross-compile, just as if
you were in x86 in the first place.

> If yes, please specify the options that need to be passed to gcc.

It's not as easy as just a few options.

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Brandon Hume - hume -> BOFH.Ca, http://WWW.BOFH.Ca/

[Darren Dunham]

hume.sp...@bofh.ca wrote:
> Raman <ramanc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is it possible to generate 32-bit code for x86 processor from SPARC
>> machine running solaris 8.
>
> Yes. But you'll need to compile a special version of gcc, a cross-compiler.
> Use gcc to build a gcc-x86. Then use gcc-x86 to cross-compile, just as if
> you were in x86 in the first place.

You'd also need the x86 libraries, a cross-linker, and a cross-assembler
as well.

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Darren