* Richard Smith rsmith@bitworks.com [041105 17:44]:
I've been looking at http://kegel.com/crosstool/ now and I'm waiting for a gcc 3.4.x for PPC 750 to finish. I'm not sure what target to build for, but it'll be ok for a try.
crosstool is the way to go. It's really important in the ppc stuff to get all the right patches to for a working setup.
good, thanks for this confirmation. There's also devkitPPC, but it is mainly used for console development. Worse than x86, you'd never want to use gcc on non-x86 platforms without patches. I remember the big fuzz gcc 2.96 "release" was pretty usable after applying about 250 patches ;) (better than any compiler on axp before)
There are many on the embedded lists I'm on who claim "real developers build thier own toolchain" but also in those circles cross tool is considered to be the defacto reference for building a working cross toolchain.
That is true, to some extent, for toolchain developers. Real developers also develop their own OS before writing a letter.. But the best ones develop firmware anyways ;)
Stefan