I downloaded windows version of code sourcery. Can someone help me
cross compile the kernel using code sourcery.
Unfortunately, the Linux kernel utilizes files where the only
difference is in the capitalization. Windows file systems do not
typically recognize these names as separate files and will therefore
over-write one with the other (or fetch the wrong one).
There are many applications you can build with the Windows version of
Code Sourcery.
For building the kernel under windows, I recommend using one of the
many emulation solutions to run Linux under Windows. www.andlinux.org
is one I've used to successfully recompile the kernel. The negative
aspect is that these typically require using a virtualized network
interface to transfer the resulting files between the Linux file
systems and the Windows file systems. VMWare (http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
) has done some interesting work in providing drag-and-drop support
between the file managers of Windows and Linux. You can read about
this functionality at http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/ws/releasenotes_ws60_beta.html
, http://www.linux.com/articles/114368.
Jason Kridner wrote:
Unfortunately, the Linux kernel utilizes files where the only
difference is in the capitalization. Windows file systems do not
typically recognize these names as separate files and will therefore
over-write one with the other (or fetch the wrong one).
It also makes heavy use of symlinks and "hidden" files, neither of which
Windows-based emulations seem to do very well.
To date, I've not heard of anyone being able to reliably build Linux
kernels on any Windows-based configuration. I urge you to look to a
more unix-like platform.
b.g.
Jithin,
Why do you want to build Linux in Windows?
For building linux source, you can follow the wiki page at
http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/BeagleSourceCode
Regards,
Khasim