Cross Compilation

tags : Linkers, Loaders and Libraries, WebAssembly, Golang, Systems, syscalls

General cross compilation ideas §

• Cross compiler: Compiler capable of creating executable code for a platform other than the one on which the compiler is running on.
• Levels (can be one or many)
  • Architecture: MIPS/x86/arm
  • Vendors: Mostly unknown
  • OS/Platform: FreeBSD/Linux
  • ABI: msul libc/glibc
• The levels are usually just 3, called the platform target triple, the ABI is sometimes added.
• sysroot: Directory which is considered to be the root directory for the purpose of locating headers and libraries.
• toolchain: The set of compiler, linker, shared libs, any tools needed to produce the executable for the target.

Cross Compilation in Python §

• See Python
• CPython interpreter you run when you type python3 is for a specific platform target triple
• PEP11 mentions the different support tiers