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  1. 07-07-2009 #1
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    Cross compilation, windows and m68k??

    I am using GNU and gcc, wondering if it is possible to compile a program and output 2 versions, one that runs on a windows machine and one that runs on a motorola 68000 processor??
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    ...and by cross compilation I mean porting the code to run on a M68k as well as an Intel T7600 processor, anyone know how to do this??
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    Building an application on LInux to run on a Windows system is problematic at best since you don't have all the support libraries available that are required to run under Windows. All the program initialization code and such differ significantly. Building a LInux application on an x86 system to run on an M68k processor is a much more reasonable endeavor. You need to review the GNU documentation about processor family options when building cross-platform code. It is too complex to get into here, I think.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rubberman View Post
    Building an application on LInux to run on a Windows system is problematic at best since you don't have all the support libraries available that are required to run under Windows. All the program initialization code and such differ significantly. Building a LInux application on an x86 system to run on an M68k processor is a much more reasonable endeavor. You need to review the GNU documentation about processor family options when building cross-platform code. It is too complex to get into here, I think.

    I am using windows with Cygwin/gcc installed, trying to compile a program that will run on an M68k processor. Thank you for your reply and please let me know if you have any other ideas about how to accomplish this!
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    Ah. You probably need to install the required GNU components for cross-compiling the m68k targets. Sorry, but I haven't done any cross-compiling on cygwin for non-x86 targets, though it should be feasible, so this is the best I can suggest at this point.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rubberman View Post
    Ah. You probably need to install the required GNU components for cross-compiling the m68k targets. Sorry, but I haven't done any cross-compiling on cygwin for non-x86 targets, though it should be feasible, so this is the best I can suggest at this point.

    Great, thanks a lot!
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