question: newlib on hobby os

[Julian Brown]

On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 10:06:21PM -0700, cr88192 wrote:
> I have been trying to figure this out for a while. basically, how do I
> really go about modifying this to work for a hobby os (I don't need it to
> manage my entry code or such, or to provide the otherwise mentioned
> syscalls).
> 
> I was basically hoping for a clib to replace my current lib, which is,
> albeit, incomplete and incredibly buggy (and I was hoping for a quicker
> jump, ie, to a clib where I can try to port software to my os and actually
> expect it to work correctly...). I can't seem to figure out how to get it to
> build for any kind of "null" os, and do not know how to approach adding a
> new architecture.
> 
> I have been battling with this for the last few hours and am not making much
> progress.
> 
> I may look at an older version, and see if there it is any more obvious.
> 
> any help would be greatly appriciated...

I found this very useful:

  http://billgatliff.com/articles/newlib/newlib/

You might be interested in looking at my port, to a very spartan system:

  http://panic.cs.bris.ac.uk/dop

from which you might get an idea of config files which need hacking etc.

HTH,

Julian