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Building a MinGW Hosted Cross Compiler

To compile and link executables for an embedded target under windows you require a cross compiler for your required processor. This is almost as easy with a properly configured MSYS/MinGW installation as it is with a GNU/Linux machine, merely requiring a few patches for some things that aren't available in a windows native environment.

Page updated to current status, as of 15-September-2008.

Previous content of this page was confused, misleading and obsolete. Nevertheless, if you wish to refer to this older content, you may find it here.

Minimalist GNU for Win32 (updated for MinGW gcc 3.4.5)

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Much of the information presented on this page is obsolete; updated information may be found here.