Seeking advice on c860 native and cross development setup

[datajerk]

After reading many posts and searches and I still confused as to the best method to develop apps for the c860/Cacko/Qt.

Questions:

1.  How do I setup a cross development environment on my Linux workstation?

2.  How do I setup a native development environment on c860/Cacko/Qt?

3.  Is the follow statement true from the zgcc2 documentation:

\"The compiler runs at about 1/3 to 1/4 as fast as x86 Linux on a 366 MHz Pentium II. The performance of the resulting executables shows a similar performance ratio (with no floating point code).\"

I am not concerned about compiler performance, but the resulting executable performance is important.

Is the above statement true for all on-board development environments?

4.  My immediate need is X/qt development.  Can this be done on-board?  If so how?

I am looking for recommendations too.  E.g. If on-board development is a waste of time I\'d like to know that.

Thanks.

[markb]

Hi datajerk,

I can answer the 1st question:

Have a look here:
http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php...ompiler%20Setup

That tells you how to set up the development environment.
You can develop/test on your Linux machine (or Windows).
Then when you\'re ready you can switch to a different set of build tools and libraries, and build your app for the zaurus.
Then copy your executable over to the zaurus and give it a try.

If you have any problems getting that set up just come back here, and I\'m sure someone will be able to help you out.
You should be able to find threads that discuss some of the common problems.

I can\'t answer your other questions. But I\'d imagine that doing C/C++ development on the zaurus itself would be a bit slow.
But Python & Qt should be fine if you want to try a scripting language instead.

- Mark

[datajerk]

Thanks.  I finally got around to setting it up.  I have compiled and tested Qt, console, and X/qt apps.

My followup question:  Is this the best cross-development environment?  Not that I have any problems with it.  I am actually quite pleased, I just want to know if there are other or better cross-dev environments.  I see gcc3 floating around from time to time, should I use this with Cacko/QT?

Thanks.