Decision which RTEMS to use-new project i386EX-Tool Chain?

[Joel Sherrill]

I recently asked on crossgcc about the status of i386 soft floating 
point and Jeff Law posted simple instructions on adding it.  Check
the crossgcc archives and see if you can make his instructions work
for you.  If you can, then I will add them to the RTEMS patch and
work with you to get it submitted to gcc and merged.

--joel

John Jeffers wrote:
> 
> A while back I had a computer that built RTEMS 4.0.0 using standard
> installs wayyyyy.... back in RH 4.2 days.  (Feels like Rocky and Bulwinkle
> now.)
> 
> On a new RTEMS project using a 386ex I am struggling to understand on a Red
> Hat 6.2 install (Yes I like it!) Should I.
> 
> 1) Try and recreate the 4.0.0 build tools. (Seem's like a task today!)
> 
> 2) Use 4.5b3 using prebuilt rpms per Joel (6 June 2000 response to diff's
> question)
> 
> 3) Use 4.0.0 using prebuilt rpms (haven't a clue if this is "supposed" to work)
> 
> 4) Or should I go back to RH5.2 and use the rpms?
> 
> Any wisdom would be appreciated.
> 
> Cheers John
> 
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