[parisc-linux] Error building binutils

[Alan Modra]

On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Stoyan Zoubev wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> I am trying to build the linux kernel for HP PA-RISC target on an Intel-based Linux machine, following the instructions in "Getting started with Linux/PARISC: How to Build the Toolchain":
> I am using binutils-2.10, gcc-2.95.2, glibc-2.1.3. And when I run

None of these versions have the support you need for pa-linux.

> 
> <path to binutils sources>/configure --host=i386-linux --prefix=/opt/parisc -- \         target=hppa-linux --enable-targets=hppa64-linux --disable-nls
> 
> I get the following error: 
> ...
> *** BFD does not support target hppa64-linux.
> *** Look in bfd/config.bfd for supported targets.
> Configure in /home/zoubev/build/binutils/opcodes failed, exiting.
> 
> Can someone explain me what the problem is? Do I have to download binutils-latest.tar.gz, gcc-latest.tar.gz, glibc-latest.tar.gz from ftp://puffin.external.hp.com?

Yes.

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