GCC version for RTEMS 6?

[Kinsey Moore]

On 5/24/2022 17:29, Chris Johns wrote:
> On 24/5/2022 5:01 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>> On 24/05/2022 08:43, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>>> On 24/05/2022 02:32, Chris Johns wrote:
>>>> On 6/5/2022 4:16 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>>>>>> - aarch64 bsps
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These BSPs generated lots of warnings in the testsuite due to this line:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://git.rtems.org/rtems/tree/bsps/aarch64/include/bsp/start.h#n175
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The warning is about comparing arrays. I have not looked deeper.
>>>>> This can be fixed by using RTEMS_OBFUSCATE_VARIABLE().
>>>> Sorry, I do not know how to use this macro to remove the warning?
>>> For this macro you need a stack variable.
>>>
>>> I guess the warning could be also removed using this compiler note:
>>>
>>> rtems/bsps/aarch64/include/bsp/start.h:175:28: note: use
>>> '&bsp_vector_table_end[0] != &bsp_vector_table_size[0]' to compare the addresses
>>>
> I have done this and it is quieter now.
>
>>> What is the purpose of AArch64_start_set_vector_base()? Do we need this at all
>>> on the aarch64 target?
>> Also why is this function exposed by <bsp.h>?
> I do not know. I am only the messenger :)
>
> Kinsey?

It's definitely necessary for all AArch64 targets. It sets the active 
vector table so that RTEMS can intercept exceptions of all varieties at 
EL1. It could probably be folded into start.S at the appropriate 
location if that's what you're asking.

As far as why it's exposed by bsp.h, that's likely incidental since I 
was following the design of the ARM code when I wrote this.


Kinsey