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kovidgoyal · 12-18-2006, 09:11 PM

I have to admit, I've never done any cross compiling, but I do know that most people consider it to be a pin. I would recommend using crosstool from here
http://kegel.com/crosstool/

If you dont want to use crosstools, you can use the rpms...installing them into some directory like /usr/local/cross-prs500 with the --prefix options.

I think hhl-cross-gcc-3.2.1-mvl3.0.0.5.20.src.rpm is the cross compiler SONY used though I'm not sure. the target RPMs probably refer to the compiler/tool chain on the prs-500.

Ubunti is fine you can use rpm2targz http://www.fship.com/demos/rpm2targz to convert RPMs into tarballs or sudo apt-get install alien to install binary rpms on Ubuntu.

Hope that helps.

12-18-2006, 09:11 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,842 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I have to admit, I've never done any cross compiling, but I do know that most people consider it to be a pin. I would recommend using crosstool from here http://kegel.com/crosstool/ If you dont want to use crosstools, you can use the rpms...installing them into some directory like /usr/local/cross-prs500 with the --prefix options. I think hhl-cross-gcc-3.2.1-mvl3.0.0.5.20.src.rpm is the cross compiler SONY used though I'm not sure. the target RPMs probably refer to the compiler/tool chain on the prs-500. Ubunti is fine you can use rpm2targz http://www.fship.com/demos/rpm2targz to convert RPMs into tarballs or sudo apt-get install alien to install binary rpms on Ubuntu. Hope that helps.