Tools in the KreaTV Toolchain

Tool Version Description
gcc 4.2.1 (VIP1900)
4.2.0 (VIP2000)
GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection, which in our version currently contains front ends for C and C++.
binutils 2.17.50.0.17 The GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools. The main ones are:
  • ld - the GNU linker.
  • as - the GNU assembler.

Cross compilation

The compiler and binary utilities included in the KreaTV toolchain is a cross toolchain. It is built to run on a normal Linux PC and is able to generate binaries for Motorola VIP1900 series (sh4-motorola-linux-gnu) and Motorola VIP2000 series (mipsel-motorola-linux-uclibc).