On Jun 17 17:24, Fedin Pavel wrote: > Hello! > > In order to cross-compile Linux kernel i have to patch host-side tools a > little bit. Current problems are: > 1. Cygwin misses linux/types.h > 2. Cygwin defines the following ELF macros according to host machine: > ELF_ST_BIND, ELF_ST_TYPE, ELF_R_SYM, ELF_R_TYPE > > What about improving Linux compatibility ? We could have own version of > linux/types.h (for __u8. __u16, etc), and omit ELF definitions. AFAIK they > are not used anywhere, they are just inherited from BSD. > At the other hand, i believe the same problem will happen if i try to > cross-compile Linux kernel under BSD. And Cygwin is BSD-style system...
I have no opinion on the ELF definition issue, but just adding a linux system header looks pretty wrong to me. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
