From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: To: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org From: Detlev Zundel Subject: Re: Is GCC >= 3.1 available for ELDK ? (or other means to compile Ada code) Date: 06 Jun 2003 13:34:00 +0200 Message-ID: <87el27wic7.fsf@deepthought.outer.space.org> References: <30C145E544071F4FB8B627789F7910BD328FEE@csy-exchange1.giat.intra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Hello Albert, > Here at work I've been asked to get some Ada code ported on an > embedded, MPC855T-based platform using ELDK 2.02. > > By the look of it, there are no major risks with repsect to the > scheduler or libraries or performance; the only problem is getting > to compile Ada code. > > GCC supports Ada from version 3.1.1 up, but ELDK 2.0.2 features 2.95.4. > > Is there a version of GCC >= 3.1.1 prepackaged for ELDK? Short answer - no. The ELDK still contains the reliable 2.95.4 compiler + associated binutils because there were several problems with the >=3.0 toolchains on the ppc platform. To check the situation, I recently compiled gcc 3.2.2 + binutils 2.13 as a cross-compiler for the 8xx platform without major problems out of the box. A linux kernel compiled with the setup ran with no noticeable difficulties so I am pretty confident that the setup is stable for that platform. The only reason that there is no pre-packaged gcc >= 3.1 for the ELDK is the well known 24h/day limit and the fact that no customer demanded a newer gcc as yet. Hope that helps Detlev -- Spelling is a lossed art ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/