Re: PATCH: ARMV7M support

[Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn at redhat dot com>]

Shaun Jackman wrote:
> On 3/23/06, Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > Shaun Jackman wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > > newlib/libc/sys/arm/ is out of sync with libgloss/arm/. You might have
> > > a little trouble applying your patch. I'd like to see libc/sys/arm
> > > permanently removed and --disable-newlib-supplied-syscalls become the
> > > default. Is this possible, Jeff?
> >
> > Regarding making the switch - it only requires the gcc side to change.
> > I suppose once Mark's patches are in place, I can start campaigning for
> > a gcc patch.
>
>
> That'd be great, Jeff! What does it require of GCC?
>
> Cheers,
> Shaun

It would simply be changing the default gcc compile/link command to use 
one of the libgloss arm spec files.  This could either default to be 
elf-rdimon.specs or have the compiler allow a choice of elf vs coff and 
rdi vs rdp and then choose accordingly between the four available 
choices which are all in libgloss.

-- Jeff J.