Problem configuring RTEMS for m68k (Cygwin)

Joel Sherrill joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com
Thu Dec 14 12:54:56 UTC 2000



Stephan Merker wrote:
> 
> I get a strange crash when configuring RTEMS (rtems-ss-20001121) for target
> m68k-rtems on Cygwin host.
> 
> When the configure script (rtems-ss-20001121/c/make/configure) checks for
> whether the compiler is a cross compiler, it builds conftest.exe and tries
> to start it. This should fail since the exe is for 68k. However, Cygwin
> hangs after trying to start it.
> 
> config.log output:
> This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
> running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
> 
configure:1279: checking for gcc
> configure:1392: checking whether the C compiler (m68k-rtems-gcc  ) works
> configure:1408: m68k-rtems-gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
> /opt/rtems/m68k-rtems/bin/ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start;
> defaulting to 80000074

This warning is OK.  This test tries to link a dummy program and it
actually managed to do so.  What is actually failing?
 
> My configuration:
> - up-to-date Cygwin (1.1.6)
> - m68k-rtems-binutils-2.9.5.0.24.tgz
> - 68k-rtems-gcc-gcc2.95.2newlib1.8.2.tgz
> - rtems-base-binutils-2.9.5.0.24.tgz
> - rtems-base-gcc-gcc2.95.2newlib1.8.2.tgz
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Stephan
> 
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