X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 20:57:31 -0500
Message-Id: <200603030157.k231vVJ0027263@envy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <440798e7.2544010@news.execpc.com> (NoEmailAds@execpc.com)
Subject: Re: djgpp for kernel dev.
References: <4404EB6F DOT D050DB39 AT compuserve DOT de> <200603011425 DOT k21EPHCE005449 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <du5jr6$fs81$1 AT news3 DOT infoave DOT net> <440798e7 DOT 2544010 AT news DOT execpc DOT com>
Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com
Precedence: bulk


> >> You want a cross compiler, not a native compiler.  You probably want
> >> to build an i386-elf compiler that runs on djgpp.
> 
> I disagree. For simple OS development (no dynamic linking),
> ELF has no compelling advantage over COFF.

Well, there's an i386-coff target too.  Probably an i386-aout too.