Re: compiling on Mac OS X

[Isaac Dupree]

On 08/07/2013 09:51 AM, Joseph Naegele wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is it (easily) possible to configure/compile GRUB2 on Mac OS X?
> I do NOT want to install GRUB 2 for use on my Mac, I just want the
> utilities for hobby OS development on my Mac.
>
> I cannot configure GRUB2 without various error messages. I've tried with
> GCC 4.8 (macports), and I get:
>
> checking whether target compiler is working... no
> configure: error: cannot compile for the target
>
> which may be related to the missing GNU 'as' and 'ld'.
>
>
> With llvm-gcc4.2 and "--with-platform=efi" I get:
>
> configure: error: -mcmodel=large not supported. Upgrade your gcc.
>
> I have installed "objconv", and I've tried "--with-platform=efi" with
> both compilers, as well as "--target=i386".
>
> Has anyone ever been interested in doing this, or just me?
> Thanks.

I'm also interested in doing this, but I haven't made any more progress 
than you.

-Isaac