wait a second..... forgive my ignorance but I thought space craft had nultiple computers to use as fail-safes. couldn't you shut down one, feed the new system into one of those, test it, and then use that to feed a second and then a third until all of them are updated? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 11:22 PM, Mike Bushroe wrote: > > Kevin, > I started trying to play with this cross compile for the router awhile > back and found crosstool. But I got too confused and stopped short of > getting even a first run in. I agree that if this can be made to work, that > is the best route for me to take. And I would be doing ppc from x64. > > Mike > > *Author: *Kevin Brandon >> *Date: *2014-05-13 17:54 -700 >> >> *To: *Main PLUG discussion list >> *Subject: *Re: Anyone with experience in Cross-Compiling, especially to >> an embedded powerPC? >> Mike, >> It's been a long time since I had to build a cross compiler. What a bear >> that task is! I fought and researched and learned a lot about it. Still >> what ultimately helped me accomplish it was the work that was started by >> Dan Kegel on a tool called crosstool. >> >> http://kegel.com/crosstool/ >> >> That tool didn't have exactly the support for what I needed at the time >> but >> I found it cleanly designed and easily updatable to accomplish what I was >> targeting (Which was ppc from x86). >> >> Building a toolchain takes many hours of compiling and lots of >> frustrations >> when some error during the process... Im not sure if crosstool has been >> updated in a long time but it might be worth looking at least as some >> instructions in script form. >> >> Good luck! >> > > -- > "Creativity is intelligence having fun." — Albert Einstein > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >