Re: i386-linux-aout

[cpg at aladdin dot de]

On 11/23/2001 12:06:52 PM GMT Yves Rutschle wrote:
>
>> "i386-linux-aout"? First of all, do I have the correct target?
>
>I think so.
>
>> Yes, I want to use newlib because I have an embedded
>> target and I've followed Bill's directions. I've tried to
>> build on a Linux host machine with both the 2.4.x kernel -
>> could the kernel version be a factor?
>
>Wrong. Linux uses Glibc, regardless of where you put your
>Linux system in the end. The equation "newlib==embedded" is
>wrong; newlib is a C library that throws out most of the
>bloat of Glibc, and is designed to work with no operating
>system, so it makes it arguably suitable for embedded.

Linux aout used a thing called libc4. I don't know whether
it was a hacked glibc or something completely different.

You won't have luck with libc5 or current glibc 2.x versions
on linux 386 aout.

regards,
chris

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