rtems toolset installation on redhat linux7.2

[Joel Sherrill]

Chris Caudle wrote:
> 
> Joel Sherrill wrote:
> > The bit script is all but deprecated.
> 
> > > I use "./bit i386-coff " to install.
> 
> Isn't the COFF target deprecated as well?  I seem to remember at least a
> year and a half ago a big push to get all the 386 stuff to use ELF
> binaries.

Yes for many snapshots preceding 4.5 and all past that COFF is
deprecated.
I recall some people have locally hacked their source to continue to use
COFF but it is really not supported.

If anyone really cared, the i386 BSPs could have autoconf tests added
to detect elf vs coff toolset and then Do The Right Thing (tm) for each.
I don't think anyone cares this much though as C++ does not work as
well with COFF.

SO the proper target is i386-rtems.  In general, the proper preferred
target is always CPU-rtems.  Some targets are still in COFF (sh and i960
come to mind) but that is only because the ELF for them is not stable
yet.

> -- Chris Caudle

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