Re: binutils for TI Cxx

[Joel Sherrill <joel dot sherrill at OARcorp dot com>]

Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> 
>    Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 08:06:31 -0600
>    From: Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
> 
>    Does anyone know the status of the binutils support for the
>    TI C3x and C4x in either 2.9.1 or the development snapshots?
> 
> The development snapshots includes TI C3x support, using COFF or
> a.out.  This was contributed by Steve Haworth.  I don't think I have
> patches for TI C4x.  I don't know how different the chips are.

I think they are similar although like all CPU variants, instructions
always differ. :)

I guess I can email Steve and see how this relates to the patch on
the gcc_c40 web site.

Thanks.

> I don't think there is any gcc support for either chip in the main
> tree.

Actually the c4x is merged although according to the web site
of Michael Hayes who did the port, it does not include "aggressive
optimizations".  He distributes a patch for that part.

I need to check on the gdb support also.  There is a cycle accurate
simulator
for this CPU.

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