Re: [gentoo-embedded] gcc question - entry point problem in small, static app

[Ahmed Ammar]

On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 10:44 +0200, Christopher Friedt wrote:
> I'm writing code in C for a very small static binary, and the code
> doesn't use any headers or rely on any other libraries. It's quite
> tiny and only does a very specific job - it initializes a uart and
> repeatedly prints a message out in an infinite loop. It's intended to
> be run by the bootloader instead of a kernel to test out the uart
> hardware.
>
> When I'm compiling the code, I'm using
>
> arm-softfloat-linux-gnueabi-gcc -Wall -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -Os
> -march=armv5te -static -o hello_uart hello_uart.c

You are saying that this code is expected to run by the bootloader (i.e.
no linux) therefore shouldn't you be using a non *-linux-* ? i.e.
something like armv5te-softfloat-elf?

AA