GCC Version Questions

[Gedare Bloom]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Sebastian Huber
<sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de> wrote:
> I would rather use GCC 4.6.X for the RTEMS 4.11 release on ARM since I had a
> lot of trouble with earlier version of GCC 4.6.  I worked with GCC 4.6
> during the whole 4.11 development cycle and I am really at unease to use an
> untested GCC 4.7 for this release.
>
> Most ARM BSPs use ARMv4T and ARMv5T.  The focus at GCC is currently at more
> recent architecture versions like ARMv7.  My impression is that the older
> versions receive little testing and attention by the GCC developers.  So
> progress breaks older versions sometimes.
>
> In general we should consider to select a certain GCC version for an
> upcoming RTEMS release and stick with this GCC version for this RTEMS
> release.  Thus we continuously work with a particular GCC release during
> development and can address all compiler issues in this phase.
>
+1

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