[Lazarus] 68K

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Michael Schnell wrote:
> On 09/14/2011 06:32 PM, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>>
>> Does that also apply to cross builds? Could Lazarus built with a 
>> current FPC drive a 1.x compiler, or is it too different?
> I don't think I would need to do that. I suppose I just need to point 
> Lazarus to the compiler to be used for ARCH 68K.

Recipe for jugged hare: first catch your hare :-)

You're going to need a cross-binary of FPC v1 targeting 68K.

If I were doing it- which I'm not- I'd first start off with something 
like https://wiki.debian.org/Aranym onto which I'd try installing 
http://www.freepascal.org/down/old/m68k-linux-ftp.freepascal.org.var If 
you could get that combination working then you'd have some confidence 
that you'd got a working compiler.

Then you could try compiling the corresponding sources into something 
that would run on x86, i.e. as a cross-compiler. To do this you'd 
probably need to start off with an x86 FPC v1. Then finally you could 
investigate whether Lazarus could control the result.

Alternatively investigate whether the current sources can be got 
working. My ongoing notes at 
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Native_MIPS_Systems#Mainline_MIPS_Port 
might help with binutils etc.

In any event please write up what you do for the wiki to get it "into 
the record".

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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