From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: gcc as a cross-compiler
Date:	Mon, 17 Feb 1997 20:19:44 -0800
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eab AT salnet DOT org wrote:
> 
> Do you think it would be possible to "configure" gcc as a cross-compiler
> for an 8-bit computer?  I was thinking primarily of the Commodore 64.
> (I don't actually have a Commodore 64 anymore, but I have an emulator on
> my computer.)  I know that in addition to that I would either have write
> an additional part for gas or write my own assembler, and I'd need to
> write a standard library for it.

Unfortunately, it's nearly impossible.  All of the GNU software is
specifically designed to be used only on 32-bit platforms, and even
though it's possible to create a new set of machine descriptions, doing
so for an 8-bit machine would be... hairy.  :)  Besides, how exactly are
you going to get your C64 to read DOS-formatted disks?

If you are really, really set on such a project, you'll need to get the
full gcc source distributions from the FSF (not the ported versions for
DJGPP), and enlist a lot of aid from a lot of people...

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