Re: [OpenBIOS] PPC cross-compiler defaults to 'powerpc-linux-gnu-' prefix

[Andreas Färber]

Am 26.11.2009 um 22:19 schrieb Segher Boessenkool:
> > > > While setting up a PPC cross-compiler environment for OpenBIOS, I
> > > > noticed that the default cross-compiler prefix is set to
> > > > 'powerpc-linux-gnu-' as opposed to 'powerpc-elf-'.
> > >
> > > Is there any reason you want -elf instead of -eabi? :-)
> >
> > Just the crazy assumption there's a generic pattern behind all the
> > target names.
> >
> > -eabi is probably the right one.
>
> EABI is the modern ABI on pretty much all architectures.  It's the
> same as -elf on some archs; -elf is an older ABI on some other archs.

http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#powerpc-x-elf describes them  
as:

powerpc-*-elf: PowerPC system in big endian mode, running System V.4.

powerpc-*-eabi: Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode.

Andreas