Re: bad ld64.so

[Daniel Kegel <dank at kegel dot com>]

Dan Kegel wrote:
> > I generated a cross-compiler for PPC970.
> >
> > - gcc3.4.1
> > - binutils 2.15
> > - glibc 2.3.2
> >
> > All went fine and I was able to cross-compile a Linux 2.6.7 Linux kernel
> > that was able to boot.
> >
> > However, it seems the generated ld64.so.1 is not that good. It crashes
> > immediately when you try to execute it.
> ...
>
> Painful, isn't it?
> Tools like strace or gdb could help.  You might need to add printf's to
> the code to see where it dies.

A couple other thoughts:
* find someone who's built a working glibc for that platform,
and compare their build procedure and patches with crosstool;
maybe crosstool is missing something

* try running the gcc and glibc regression tests (linked statically)
to make sure the compiler is generally ok.  This is a lot of work,
but is worth it if you can do it.

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