Re: Cross compiling NSPR for an xtensa processor

Hi Wan-Teh,
                Thank you for the guidance.

Bye
Pradeep

On Sep 7, 11:05 am, "Wan-Teh Chang" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 9/7/07, Pradeep <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I have trying to cross compile firefox for an tensilica xtensa
> > processor. I am using a linux support package from Montavista which
> > does not have the libnspr. when the build tries to cross compile NSPR
> > it fails with the  error:  Unknown architecture.
>
> > >From some previous posts, I noticed that i needed to create a
> > prcpucfg.h which I did. But looking into _linux.h, I noticed that
> > there was some additional information for each processor.
>
> > Could you please help with information as to how I can
> > modify this source for a new architecture.
>
> It is possible to cross compile NSPR, but I don't know how
> to do that.
>
> For Linux, prcpucfg.h is mozilla/nsprpub/pr/include/md/_linux.cfg.
> _linux.cfg is renamed prcpucfg.h under the "dist" directory during
> the build.
>
> In _linux.cfg and _linux.h, there are sections specific to
> various processors.  If the tensilica xtensa processor
> isn't listed in _linux.cfg and _linux.h, you can search for
> "arm" in those two files and add similar code for your
> processor.
>
> Wan-Teh