Cross-Compiler Successful Builds

Introduction

This page is a summary of successful builds of a GCC Cross-Compiler by members of OSDev.org. The numbers refer to the versions being built, not the host compiler doing the build.

GCC Version 4.x.x

• If you plan to use GCC 4.3.0 or later, you will also have to install the following on your host system:
  • GMP (this package is also readily available for MSYS)
  • MPFR

	GCC 4.5.0	4.4.3	4.4.2	4.4.1	4.4.0	4.3.3	4.3.2	4.3.1	4.3.0	4.2.4	4.2.3	4.2.1	4.2.0	4.1.2	4.1.1	4.0.3	4.0.2	4.0.1	4.0.0
Binutils 2.20	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.19.1	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.19	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes
2.18	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.17	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
2.16.1	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes
2.16	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

GCC Version 3.x.x

	GCC 3.4.6	3.4.5	3.4.4	3.4.3
Binutils 2.20	?	?	?	?
2.19.1	Yes	?	?	?
2.19	?	?	?	Yes
2.18	Yes	?	Yes	?
2.17	Yes	?	Yes	?
2.16.1	?	Yes	Yes	Yes
2.16	?	Yes	Yes	Yes

There have been successful builds with older versions, but some problems as well. Mention of their specifics has been removed to keep this page short; please use up-to-date software.

GCC on Mac OS

	GCC 4.5.0	4.4.0	4.2.4
Binutils 2.20	Yes	?	?
2.19.1	?	Yes	?
2.18	?	?	Yes

When compiling GCC 4.3 or higher on OS X 10.4 and 10.5, you may get unresolved symbol errors related to libiconv. This is because the version shipped with OS X is seriously out of date. Install a new version (compile it yourself or use macports) and add --with-libiconv-prefix=/opt/local (or /usr/local if you compiled it yourself) to GCC's ./configure line. Alternatively you may place the libiconv source in gcc-x.y.z/libiconv and it will be compiled as part of the GCC compilation process. (This trick also works for mpfr and gmp).