Cross Compiling Linux - 2 hour tutorial

This is a practical introduction to cross compiling, during which we'll build
a working cross-compiler, use it to cross-compile a native uClibc-based Linux
development environment, and boot this new environment under QEMU.

Attendees may choose arm, mips, x86, x86_64, sparc, or PPC as the platform
they wish to build for.  The author's Firmware Linux project (which already
does all this) will be used as an example.  Attendees should bring a reasonably
fast laptop with net access and at least 256 megs of ram.

General outline:

1) Terminology: cross compiling, native compiling, host/target, toolchain, etc.
2) Why cross compiling is hard, and why we need to do it anyway.
3) Building a cross compiler toolchain from linux, binutils, gcc, and uClibc.
4) Making a native build environment (adding make, busybox, and bash).
5) Packaging disk images, booting, and running under QEMU.
6) Optimizations and alternatives.
   (distcc, armulator, boards/bootloaders, nfs, tsrpm)
7) Where to from here?  (LFS, gentoo, etc.)

Links:
  http://www.landley.net/writing/docs/cross-compiling.html
  http://www.landley.net/code/firmware/about.html
  http://www.landley.net/code/firmware/design.html
  http://cross-lfs.org/files/BOOK/1.0.0/
  http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/index.xml
  http://gentoo-wiki.com/Embedded_Gentoo