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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 00:11:31 -0400
To: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Cc: Gokhan Tanyeri <zgt AT invetech DOT com DOT au>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: compiling a linux kernel
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In-Reply-To: <19991021034417.17144.rocketmail@web114.yahoomail.com>; from Earnie Boyd on Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 08:44:17PM -0700

FWIW, the linux kernel is *supposed* to use nothing in libc.

I believe that other people have succeeded in building the linux kernel under
cygwin but I don't have any details about this.

-chris

On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 08:44:17PM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>I don't know of any reason why you would want to do this.  The major hurdles
>will be the libraries and runtimes.  Linux and Win32 OSes don't mesh very well
>so therefore there is a different "libc" type of library named cygwin with it's
>own set of headers.  As long as you get the appropriate libraries built and you
>make certain that the headers for those libraries are used instead of the
>headers from the cygwin package then, most likely it will be doable.  However,
>it won't be an easy task as you'll need to test, test, test and retest.
>
>GoodLuck,
>Earnie.
>
>--- Gokhan  Tanyeri <zgt AT invetech DOT com DOT au> wrote:
>> 
>> That's why I'm asking to people with experience, if you give me a scientific
>> reason I would appreciate a lot. What I understand from cygwin concept is
>> "to be able to use open source on widows platforms". That's what I'm trying
>> to do! Trying to compile linux kernel for a cross platform by using GNU
>> tools instead of using a linux host, I'm using cygwin running on NT.
>> 
>> cheers :)
>> gokhan
>> 
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Gokhan Tanyeri [mailto:zgt AT invetech DOT com DOT au]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 9:36 PM
>> > To: 'Suhaib M. Siddiqi'
>> > Subject: RE: compiling a linux kernel
>> > 
>> > 
>> > It's a cross compilation for PowerPC, using gcc. I use my PC 
>> > (running NT) as
>> > the host instead of a linux machine! Does it sound too weird? ;)
>> 
>> For compiling Linux Kernel, yes sounds starnge
>> 
>> Suhaib
>> 
>> > 
>> > cheers,
>> > gokhan
>> > 
>> > 
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Suhaib M. Siddiqi [mailto:ssiddiqi AT ipass DOT net]
>> > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 11:14 AM
>> > To: Gokhan Tanyeri; cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
>> > Subject: RE: compiling a linux kernel
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Compiling Linux Kernel with Cygwin on NT???
>> > 
>> > Suhaib
>> > 
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
>> > > [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com]On Behalf Of Gokhan Tanyeri
>> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 9:03 PM
>> > > To: 'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'
>> > > Subject: compiling a linux kernel
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > > Hi everybody, 
>> > > I am trying to compile a Linux kernel with GNU powerPC tools on a 
>> > > NT machine
>> > > running cygwin b20.1. Make configure goes well but when I try to 
>> > > make dep, I
>> > > get an error something like"mmap: out of memory". Has anyone 
>> > > tried compiling
>> > > a linux kernel with cygwin? Is it possible to do that or is it 
>> > > just silly to
>> > > try this?

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