[parisc-linux] [Semi OT] SOM Linker

[dhazeghi@pacbell.net]

John David Anglin wrote:

> > I would like to be able to set up a cross compilation environment for hpux and
> > 32 bit PA-RISC. However without a functional cross linker, this is impossible
> > to do, and as binutils has not got one yet, I thought perhaps the one that HP
> > open-sourced might be some use. It would seem logical that with the sources
> > available, it shouldn't be too difficult to fix the broken bits and get a SOM
> > linker working in binutils, but that doesn't seem to have happened yet. Oh
> > well, thanks for the info...
>
> You should be able to build cross compilation tools under hpux for hppa-linux.
> First you should install native versions of binutils and gcc under hpux (this
> assumes that you have the hpux C compiler and linker).  The release version of
> gcc (2.95.2) would be a good choice.  The standard hpux linker works fine with
> gcc/gas for C compilations.  Then follow the directions at www.parisc-linux.org
> for building the cross compilation tools and linux.

This is not precisely what I mean. What I should have said is that I want to create
a cross compiler --host=i686-linux --target=hppa-hpux. I asked this list, because
you folks did some work on the SOM linker, which is at the moment the missing piece
for a cross toolchain which targets hpux.

Thanks,

Dara

P.S. On a different note, is the recipe fully up to date? I tried following it a
few weeks ago, but glibc did not complete building successfully.