gcc 3.2.3/newlib 1.11.0 Binaries out

[Brett Swimley]

Joel,

I've been working with Peter Barada and have some patches put together for
Coldfire optimizations that I've been using with gcc-3.2.3/newlib 1.11.0.
Haven't done complete testing but they've been working well for me.

Would you be interested in getting these patches or should we just wait and
try to pump them through the gcc channels?

Regards,

Brett Swimley

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Sherrill [mailto:joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 12:44 PM
> To: eric.valette at free.fr
> Cc: rtems-users at oarcorp.com
> Subject: Re: gcc 3.2.3/newlib 1.11.0 Binaries out
>
>
>
>
> Eric Valette wrote:
> >
> > Joel Sherrill wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > The gcc 3.2.3/newlib 1.11.0 combination is available.  GNU/Linux RPMS
> > > and binaries for Solaris and Cygwin are included.  They are at:
> > >
> > >
> ftp://ftp.oarcorp.com/pub/rtems/snapshots/c_tools/gcc3.2.3newlib1.11.0-2/
> > >
> > > If there are no bad reports on them, then they will be considered
> > > for the 4.6 release branch.
> > >
> > > Unless someone has an argument, I would propose that the gcc 3.2.3
> > > and newlib 1.11.0 combination be the tools of choice for RTEMS 4.6.x.
> > >
> > > With any luck, we can get a 4.7 release branch started for a major
> > > tool upgrade.
> > >
> >
> > I have no argument just comments :
> >         - Anyway due to my recent patch to make ticker work
> newlib-1.10 is no
> > more an option ...
> >         - I already mentionned that newlib  has evolved quite a
> lot recently
> > and that CVS snapshot is working at least for iX86. The question I have
> > is about using a *frozen* more recent snapshot of newlib. Some of the
> > FP/printf problem seeems to have been solved there...
>
> I asked the newlib maintainer about the possibility of a release and he
> had no immediate plans for one.  If you can provide a nice argument for
> making one, the possibility is always there.  I was not completely aware
> of all changes that a release would address.
>
> I would prefer to go with a real newlib release.  And knowing the newlib
> maintainer, a good argument will result in one.
>
> [We do need to get all outstanding RTEMS newlib patches into newlib
> before a branch though.]
>
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