From: Drew Eckhardt (drew@romeo.cs.colorado.edu)
Date: 08/07/93


From: drew@romeo.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt)
Subject: Re: Compiling for Motorola 68xxx under Linux
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1993 14:26:12 GMT

In article <MAILQUEUE-101.930806153739.384@AA.csc.peachnet.edu> newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu writes:
>At work we have a TI computer based on the Motorola 68040 with
>a few other slower CPU's. I know that Linux can do cross-assembling,
>but what would I have to do to take something, like say gzip, and
>compile it at home and be able to bring it in here to get it to work.
>I know that the system also uses the a.out format which is good - right?

Yes. However, in addition to gcc, gas, binutils, etc. configured as
a cross compilation environment with the 68K series as a target, you'll
need a suitable 'C' library and header files if you wish to compile
any non-trivial programs.

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