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Re: Porting binutils to other OS
DJ Delorie wrote:
I don't understand. A "toolchain" can run on the native OS, and what
"stubs" are you talking about?
Under "toolchain" I mean not native GNU tools (binutils/gcc) that
installed on linux host to built binaries and shared libs for the other OS.
Ok, some terminology:
native toolchain - tools that run on os ABC and produce code for os ABC.
cross toolchain - tools that run on os ABC and produce code for os XYZ.
ok, I will use "cross" prefix next time )
The native tools are still a toolchain.
"stubs" in this context it's a some specific things (linker scripts,
some source code) related to the new OS.
For the linker, this is called an "emulation". Look for ld/emul*/* in
the source tree. Also see ld/script*/* for the linker scripts.
thank you!