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Re: Thumb
- To: Rafael Rodríguez Velilla <rrv at tid dot es>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Thumb
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 13:45:23 +0100
- Cc: ecos <ecos-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd.
- References: <3AC05822.2BCEBAEC@tid.es>
Rafael Rodríguez Velilla wrote:
>
> Before I didn't mind about THUMB support because I thought I didn't
> need it, but know I have found out that it would make me a good service.
>
> I think I have read that there are some problems with thumb support
> and eCos.
> Can anybody tell me where the problem is?
> Is the problem within gcc?
The *current* gcc snapshots do not seem to be able to build eCos for thumb.
You may have luck with older snapshots. How old, I don't know.
> When ARM enters into any exception mode it automatically switches to
> ARM mode, I think that this hasn't been taken into account in eCos, is
> this the problem?
No we have an older gcc used internally that works fine, so there's no
intrinsic problem with eCos itself.
Jifl
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- From: Rafael Rodríguez Velilla