Re: [Qemu-devel] MinGW build

[Stefan Weil]

Am 01.12.2014 um 11:30 schrieb Liviu Ionescu:
> 
> On 28 Nov 2014, at 09:03, Stefan Weil <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> This is my build script:
>> http://qemu.weilnetz.de/results/make-installers-all.
> 
> we finally have a functional windows version, installed with a setup, as you 
> recommended.
> 
> the build procedure was fully documented at:
> 
> http://gnuarmeclipse.livius.net/wiki/How_to_build_QEMU
> 
> (as Windows cross build on Debian)
> 
> 
> the build procedure itself is moderately complex, but fixing the prerequisite 
> details was nightmarish, the official wiki page is schematic, at least.
> 
> not to mention the note that only older versions of glib are supported, 
> hidden somewhere. perhaps an update to newer glib would be useful.
> 
> other details worth noting were related to the lack of clear separation 
> between the host build and the cross build.
> 
> the procedure to detect the presence of packages with pkg-config is great, 
> but is seems not used consistently, for example detecting libz is not done 
> with pkg-config, but using the compiler, and this required some extra flags 
> to configure.
> 
> to accomodate the details of my windows setup, I also had to add a new 
> QEMU_NSI_FILE variable to Makefile, so I can redefine it externally.
> 
>  
> regards,
> 
> Liviu
> 

Hi,

thank's for your work on this documention.

Here are some more hints which might help people to get cross
compilation for Windows running. http://qemu.weilnetz.de/debian/
includes some packages which I made from the GTK all-in-one bundles and
also packages for libfdt which I compiled from the sources.

Regards
Stefan