4.10 Approaching

[Joel Sherrill]

Till Straumann wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>   
>> On 09/30/2009 06:54 PM, Kate Feng wrote:
>>     
>>> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On 09/30/2009 05:36 PM, Feng, Kate wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>>> This is fixed in 4.4.2 as far as I know.
>>>>>>             
>>>>> I can not find the source for gcc-4.4.2 at
>>>>> http://www.rtems.org/ftp/pub/rtems/SOURCES/
>>>>> or at
>>>>> http://www.rtems.org/ftp/pub/rtems/SOURCES/4.10/
>>>>>
>>>>> Any pointer would be highly appreciated.
>>>>>           
>>>> Sebastian's reply was misleading.
>>>> gcc-4.4.2 has not been released.
>>>>
>>>> Ralf
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Perhaps, should I use gcc-4.4.0-RC ?
>>>       
>> No, the current rtems4.10 gcc is gcc-4.4.1 (The latest official gcc 
>> release).
>>
>>     
>>> How about binutils-2.19.51-20090222.tar.bz2 ? Is it the latest one ?
>>> I guess it includes binutils-2.19.1 and all the patches for it, right ?
>>>       
>> No, rtems-4.10 currently is using binutils-2.19.90, the latest 
>> snapshot of the upcoming binutils-2.20 (to be released in very near 
>> future, not unlikely this week)
>>
>>     
>>> Please advise.
>>>       
>> Are using home-grown toolchains based on the contents of 
>> ftp://ftp.rtems.org/pub/rtems/SOURCES/4.10 ?
>>     
> E.g., we are here.
>
> IMO, prior to even thinking about cutting 4.10
> the toolchain versions, patches etc. should be defined, frozen and
> published (as source-code, not only binary releases).
>
>   
These will be available once gdb and binutils make their
releases.  Ralf is working hard to keep up with their release
candidates so we have feedback.  I have also been reporting
on both. 
> Once we have the final tools then we can build + test 4.10 release
> candidates.
>
>   
Do you mean build the tools or RTEMS?  Except for the newlib
patch revisions, the others are pretty independent of the
RTEMS source code.

--joel
> WKR
> -- Till
>   
>> Its contents is a bit outdated, I haven't managed to keep it uptodate, 
>> because the rapid development binutils, newlib and gdb currently are 
>> subject of kept me busy otherwise (building binary toolchains).
>>
>> Which OS are you using? May-be the toolchain you need already exists 
>> pre-built.
>>
>> Ralf
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