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cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:14 pm
by tsdnz
Hi, I have read many sites and docs about how to do this, but I cannot find a simple solution
I am using cygwin64 in Windows 7
Can someone explain how to compile a c or c++ program into flat binary that starts at address 0x1234 and uses uninitalised variables starting at address 0x5678
A line-by-line example of the commands would be great.
I need to see the disassembled code to make sure everything is in the correct place.
The program is:
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int DummyValue; // Uninitalised, start at 0x5678
void start(void) // Code starts at 0x1234
{
DummyValue = 1234;
}
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:59 am
by xenos
You have already been pointed to using a proper cross compiler instead of the gcc shipped with Cygwin64
in your previous thread.
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 2:41 pm
by tsdnz
Hi, Thanks.
Can someone help with the errors I get below?
I have read all the attached pages.
I am having trouble getting it to work.
One reason I have found is some lines have "$HOME" while others have $HOME
One example is
http://wiki.osdev.org/Building_GCC under Binutils,
cd $HOME/src (This does not work, but cd "$HOME/src" does)
As my username is xxxx yyyy it uses just the xxxx and crashes.
So I changed the export HOME = ????? to my first name and created a dir in windows.
I copied all the files and uploaded every package in Devel in cygwin64.
But I still cannot get it to work using the information provided.
I tried the same thing but used cygwin
This is the error I get when running make in build-binutils
There are more errors when running make in gcc.
*** BFD does not support target x86_64-unknown-cygwin.
*** Look in bfd/config.bfd for supported targets.
Makefile
recipe for target `configure-bfd' failed
make[1]: *** [configure-bfd] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Alistair/src/build-binutils'
Makefile:841: recipe for target `all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:41 pm
by sortie
The shell is sensitive to white-space. If you type
and your HOME variable is set to something like "/home/Firstname Lastname" then the shell will expand that to
which the shell understands as running the shell builtin 'cd' with two paramterers '/home/Firstname' and 'Lastname/src'. This isn't what you intended. If you type
then the shell will expand the variable, but within the quotes, and the space in the name doesn't matter to the shell and is given to cd as a single argument. This means that you have to be careful when using shell variables that potentially contain spaces. I probably should update the tutorial to avoid other people encountering this silly problem.
The other problem is caused by you not providing the correct --target option to configure. See the "*** BFD does not support target x86_64-unknown-cygwin." message with says that the --target option parameter you gave was "x86_64-unknown-cygwin" (which is your current system, so it's likely just the default.)
Please read the cross-compiler tutorial more carefully and post the exact commands you used to try and compile binutils.
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:53 pm
by tsdnz
Thanks, was after midnight when trying to get it done.
Just to let you know that in the configure files it must also be using $HOME instead of "$HOME"
Time to read again.
The command was
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../binutils-2.23/configure --prefix="$PREFIX" --disable-nls
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:04 pm
by sortie
Read the instructions carefully, you forgot to specify --target. Without this, you get a compiler for your current system, not a cross-compiler. And yes, the shell variable expansion rules apply to all commands. On Unix systems, you often don't have spaces in the main directory paths ($HOME, $PREFIX), so the quotes are usually left out and the user is expected to add them as needed.
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:08 pm
by tsdnz
Thanks, looking at
http://wiki.osdev.org/Building_GCC I cannot find --target.
Am I on the wrong page?
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:25 pm
by sortie
Right - I didn't consider that. The "Building GCC" tutorial upgrades your host compiler to the most recent version. It doesn't give you a cross-compiler.
You are having trouble because the binutils and gcc you downloaded doesn't understand cygwin64. The cygwin developers modify gcc with custom patches and they are likely not upstream yet in the official binutils and gcc releases. If you insist on upgrading your system compiler, you should get the latest cygwin64 compatible binutils and gcc source code from the cygwin developers.
However, your cygwin compiler is likely new enough to build the cross-compiler that you want. I recommend you skip upgrading your system compiler to the latest version and instead directly proceed to building the real cross-compiler. In short, you want to follow this tutorial:
http://wiki.osdev.org/GCC_Cross-Compiler
I'll be sure to add a notice that the "Building_GCC" tutorial doesn't give you a cross-compiler, it just upgrades your host compiler. Though, the tutorial should cleanly state that.
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:33 pm
by tsdnz
Great, that makes more sense.
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:17 pm
by tsdnz
Hi again?? Any ideas why?
It did not work witha username that has a space in it.
I created a new user account in windows "Dev" and binutils worked.
But I have an issue with gcc
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C:\cygwin64\home\Dev\src\gcc-4.8.1\mpfr-3.1.2
This folder is in my directory.
But I received this error, showing mpfr.h is the wrong version
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checking for the correct version of gmp.h... yes
checking for the correct version of mpfr.h... no
configure: error: Building GCC requires GMP 4.2+, MPFR 2.4.0+ and MPC 0.8.0+.
Try the --with-gmp, --with-mpfr and/or --with-mpc options to specify
their locations. Source code for these libraries can be found at
their respective hosting sites as well as at
ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/infrastructure/. See also
http://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html for additional info. If
you obtained GMP, MPFR and/or MPC from a vendor distribution package,
make sure that you have installed both the libraries and the header
files. They may be located in separate packages.
This was the command
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../gcc-4.8.1/configure --target=$TARGET --prefix="$PREFIX" --disable-nls --enable-languages=c,c++ --without-headers
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:29 pm
by tsdnz
Oops, looks like I need to be slapped with a wet bus ticket.
I copied the dirs using windows.
I need to rename them,
Sorry guys.
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:25 pm
by tsdnz
Alrighty then??
I have the cross compiler ready.
How do I start at an address 0x1234 and have my data at address 0x5678??
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:48 am
by tsdnz
Figured it out.
This linked helped.
http://forum.osdev.org/viewtopic.php?f= ... _plugin.so
Thanks, everyone!!
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:07 am
by tsdnz
Guys, now I am stuck when compiling 64 bit
I get this error
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$ $TARGET-gcc -m64 -c kernel.c -o kernel.o -std=gnu99 -ffreestanding -O2 -Wall -Wextra -nostdlib -nostartfiles -nodefaultlibs
kernel.c:1:0: sorry, unimplemented: 64-bit mode not compiled in
Re: cygwin64 gcc compile start address and variable address
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:58 am
by tsdnz
Found this also.
I see you have to change the Target
http://wiki.osdev.org/GCC_Cross-Compiler_for_x86_64
recipe for target `configure-bfd' failed