[NTLUG:Discuss] cross-compile to vxworks (m68k) from linux

Greg E Gregory.Edwards at usa.alcatel.com
Thu Aug 19 14:33:08 CDT 1999


Do a file command on the pre-compiled binaries and see if it can id
what they are.  I'd be supprised if an elf file would work on a target
device.

Greg E


Seth Daniel wrote:
> 
> I'm beginning to suspect that my target is wrong.  I have a few
> pre-compiled binaries that work fine under vxworks, but if I
> run a ``m68k-elf-nm'' on one of these binaries it complains
> that it doesn't recognize the format.  I wonder if there are more
> m68k targets for gcc than m68k-coff and m68k-elf??
> 
> On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 01:27:30PM -0500, Greg E wrote:
> > When you cross-compile for another target you need to link with
> > libraries for that target as well.  I'm not familar with vxworks
> > off hand, I assume it's an OS for the device?  Device dependend
> > libraries and drivers you will either need to get from the OEM or
> > develop yourself.  Check the GNU site for a generic m68k
> > cross-compiler.
> >
> > Greg E
> >




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