Re: GCC 2.8.1 and binutils for i960-wrs-vxworks

[Hans - Dulimarta <dulimart at egr dot msu dot edu>]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000 rfreier@csw.L-3com.com wrote:

> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 08:23:01 -0700
> From: rfreier@csw.L-3com.com
> To: crossgcc@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: GCC 2.8.1 and binutils for i960-wrs-vxworks
> 
> 
> I've been trying to build GCC 2.8.1 for
> X-wrs-vxworks, where X = {powerpc,m68k,i386,mips,i960}.
> 
> I used binutils 2.9.5.0.24, and so far, the ppc, m68k, and i386 
> compilers are working.   However, I couldn't get the
> 2.9.5.0.24 binutils to build for i960-wrs-vxworks.  So,
> I tried 2.9.1.  Although the resulting i960 compiler
> seems to compile lots of code correctly, it has consitently
> given me the following error on a specific C++ library:
> 
> 	/var/tmp/ccKkaybm.s: Assembler messages:
> 	/var/tmp/ccKkaybm.s:3837: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.section'
> 	/var/tmp/ccKkaybm.s:3851: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.section'
> 
> Am I correct in assuming that the 2.8.1 compiler is simply producing
> instructions that the 2.9.1 assembler doesn't understand? I've
> tried binutils versions 2.6, 2.9.1, 2.9.5.0.24, and 2.9.5.0.27, and
> the first two produce the above error, and the last two won't
> build for this target.  (The build process dies because, for this target,
> the code is logically broken:  someone replaced a macro with
> a function and invalidated some of the code which used the macro.)
> 
> Any ideas?
>

From what I learned in the past, usually this happens when the HOST
assembler was accidentally called to assemble the TARGET assembly files. A
quick fix [which works for me :-)] is to make sure that the TARGET
assembler (the cross assembler) is reachable from your PATH. And maybe you
have to rerun the configure script afterwards.

 
> Thanks,
> Rod Freier
> 
> 
> 
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Hans Dulimarta, Ph.D.        dulimart@[egr.msu.edu, computer.org]
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Visiting Research Associate,  Electrical & Computer Engineering
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, (517) 432-7589


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