Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 21:19:59 -0800 (PST)
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To: "Andrew Crabtree" <andrewc AT rosemail DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: djgpp and 68k targets
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At 02:27  2/2/1998 -0800, Andrew Crabtree wrote:
>
>Liam Redmond wrote in message <6b2tkt$k88$1 AT eros DOT clara DOT net>...
>>I wish to use djgpp to produce code for a 68000/68020 embedded target, is
>>this realistic ?
>Sure.  It can be done without too much work.
>
>>I believe all I should need to do is obtain/generate a machine description
>for
>>the MC68000 to use with the GNU assembler 'as', is this correct ?
>
>No.  You would need to recompile gcc from source to target the 68K.  You
>would also
>need to rebuild both the assembler and linker to target the 68K.  I think
>the 68K is specifically mentioned
>in the faq.  If not feel free to contact me via private email for help
>rebuilding if needed.
If you *do* do that, would you post a summary on what you did? I frequently
see posts here asking about building a DJGPP cross-compiler, and I think it
would be nice for there to be some less vague instructions on how one might
do it.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net