[Developer] x86_64 and g++

[Hal Ashburner]

Ernesto Bascon wrote:
> Hi okl4 guys:
Hi Ernesto

> I have two questions:
> 
> 1. I have a x86_64 machine running kubuntu 6.10 and was unsuccessful
> to build Wombat on my machine.  My compiler is gcc-4.1.1.
>   1. 1. With machine = ia32_pc99  I got:
> 
> fenizios at Eia:~/okl4_release_1.4.1.1$ ./tools/build.py
> machine=ia32_pc99 project=iguana wombat=True simulate

We use and recommend the x86 toolchain found here:
http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au/downloads/i686-gcc-3.3.4-glibc-2.3.3-2006-06-02.tar.gz
which unpacks into /opt
Add the binaries to your path and then compile with:
$ ./tools/build.py machine=ia32_pc99 project=iguana wombat=True
toolprefix=i686-unknown-linux-gnu- simulate

Alternatively you could try installing a gcc g++ version 3.3 toolchain,
set toolsuffix=3.3 on your command line and let us know how that went. :-)





> 2. Kenge provides a libc implementation for writing C programs on top
> of L4; do you provide the standard C++ library too?

No we don't presently.
> If no, what do you think that must be done to support C++ implementations?
I'll leave this for someone more knowledgeable about C++ than me.

Kind regards,
Hal Ashburner