[MPICH2-dev] cross-compilation?

[Michael Heinz]

David Gingold wrote:

> We're attempting to get MPICH2 to build in a cross-compile  
> environment.  It looks like the distribution has some hooks to make  
> cross-compiles work, but they are not fully functional.
>
> Can anyone offer any tips, such as things with the cross-compile that  
> are known to need some work?  Has anyone gotten this working with 1.0.x?
>
> We'll be happy to feed back what we learn into the distribution.
>
> -dg
>
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> David Gingold
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>
I've never gotten mpich1 to build cross-compile; the configuration 
process derives to much information from the system it's being 
configured for.

I suppose you could try doing the configuration step on the target 
machine then save the result and use it for doing builds...