GP2X Gcc On Gp2x

[madconfuzor]

I was wondering if anyone has had any thoughts on porting GCC itself to the GP2X, which would in theory make it a standalone computer system. I think that with the right hacking and external hardware, the GP2X could make for a lightweight PC replacement. Just sharing some thoughts, thanks.

 

[Parkydr]

Like this?

 

[DJWillis]

I have the bones of a full ARM hosted GCC4/gLibC toolchain that runs on the GP2X somewhere.

Not hard to do but damm painfull to build anything of substance .

 

[madconfuzor]

well, provided there is a shell and a working toolchain, it's plenty enough speed to compile many things... maybe not X or MAME or something like that, but definitely the kernel and other packages. Lots of portable hacking could be done, albeit at only 40x30 or 50x40 text mode.

 

[slygamer]

It would be interesting to use with BVRDE, a Windows-based IDE that does everything on a remote computer, such as the GP2X. The remote computer contains all the source files, compiler, debugger, everything. Of course, this would only be really useful with a HDD connected to the GP2X.

Like this?

Tiny C is a novelty. It is not suitable for anything real complex. Optimisation is also not very good.

 

[Orkie]

well, provided there is a shell and a working toolchain, it's plenty enough speed to compile many things... maybe not X or MAME or something like that, but definitely the kernel and other packages. Lots of portable hacking could be done, albeit at only 40x30 or 50x40 text mode.

I reckon you'd be longer compiling a kernel than an X server on the GP2X, it'd be very slow for all but the most simple things.

 

[Megatog615]

If we had development tools and a text editor(along the lines of an IDE) right on the GP2X, we could develop from anywhere . Not that compiles would be quick, but still would be useful.

Sort of like a TI-83?

 

[Blah]

Well if you run Python in Sterm that's pretty much a IDE.