binutils-2.17/configure -target=$TARGET -prefix=$PREFIXĤ) Build bootstrap GCC $ tar xjfv gcc-4.1.1.tar.bz2 Random notes/links I collected for trying to get a bare metal PPC system to boot in Qemu There are plenty of examples all around for doing embedded, bare-metal programming on ARM platforms, but the PowerPC examples seem to be sparse.Ģ) Set environment variables $ export TARGET=powerpc-eabiģ) Build binutils $ tar xjfv binutils-2.17.tar.bz2