MVME5500 board support status?

[Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>]

Kate Feng wrote:
> Peter Dufault wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Feb 9, 2005, at 3:42 PM, Peter Dufault wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I don't see the MVME5500 code in CVS, and I didn't find discussion in
>>>the mailing lists after the October '04 statement that the licensing
>>>issues had been cleared up.
>>>
>>
>>Never mind - I'm a dummy.  I was looking in my 4.6 CVS branch.  It's
>>where it belongs in 4.7.
>>
> 
> 
> I have'nt tried the one in 4.7 yet.   I  heard about some difficulties
> with the new version of GCC tools.  My understanding is that
> it was not due to the BSP but perhaps the tools.   The tools I used for
> the 4.6.0 version I posted on the WEB are :
> 
>   binutils-2.13.2.1
>   gcc-3.2.2
>   newlib-1.11.0
>   automake-1.9.2  (from GNU site)
>   autoconf-2.59   (from GNU site)
> 
> So far, our applications work fine with this.
> It would be interesting to know how you work  out with
> the one in 4.7.

There are issues are with specific gcc versions for specific BSPs.  I 
can't remember which BSPs/gcc versions. You can build/use any gcc 
version you like as long as you get a recent enough newlib version with 
patch to match.

--joel