Cross Compilation Tool Chain

Cross compilation involves building a compiler for one architecture on another. In this case mostly building a gcc compiler for StrongARM or XScale on Intel X86. Several pre-compiled toolchains are available:

• ftp://ftp.handhelds.org/pub/linux/arm/toolchain/
• ftp://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/pub/armlinux/toolchain/

Here's some descriptions on how to build one yourself:

• http://handhelds.org/z/wiki/HOWTO%20Build%20a%20Cross%20Toolchain%20in%20Brief
• http://www.aleph1.co.uk/armlinux/docs/toolchain/

You can also try crosstool, a set of automatic build scripts that makes building your own toolchain a lot easier.

Note: more recent gcc versions make building a cross compiler a lot easier. just '--target=arm-wince-pe' to the configure commandline, ( and remove the underscore from USER_LABEL_PREFIX in arm/pe.h )