[ECOS] trouble linking standard C libraries

[Michael Anburaj]

Hi,

This is not directly related to the eCOS forum, but I am sure I get the best 
answers here.

Standard library issue:

I tried the following on my linux box:

$ mipsisa3-elf-ld –o output hello.o

this gave unresolved reference errors on printf, memcpy & such standard lib 
(libc) functions. I thought the linker should include the libc by default 
when needed unless “no-sdtlibs” so something similar is specifies in the 
command-line. Am I right?

Then, I tried..

$ mipsisa3-elf-ld –o output hello.o –lc

It reported cannot find –lc

Questions:
1. I thought the linker would know the path where standard libraries are 
stored & should automatically link-in when needed. But, I had to specify the 
library explicitly (using –lc) & also provide the library search path (using 
–L#path#). Are both these (-l & -L) required (a must) when working with 
standard C library functions? If yes, Please let me know how to specify the 
–L with relative path (so that it will work, no matter where the tool-chain 
was installed). If no ($ mipsisa3-elf-ld –o output hello.o – would produce 
the output), then what went wrong in my setup?
2. libc (-lc) or libgcc (-lgcc)? Which one should I include? What is the 
difference? Any document on them?

Please help me out on this.

Cheers,
-Mike.

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