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Re: Newlib usage in eCos (tool-chain question)


On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 11:31 +0100, Karel Gardas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> while I'm playing with eCos last month, I'm just more and more curious 
> what's the newlib usage in the tool-chain/eCos pair. Newlib is build as a 
> part of GCC, but while linking eCos app it seems of no use which seems to 
> be also forced by -nostdlib switch. So my conclusion so far is that newlib 
> is in fact not used while linking any eCos app, since eCos itself provides 
> all the needed libc/m code.
> 
> Am I right?

Yes, 'newlib' is *not* used by eCos.  It's required simply as part
of the toolchain build process.

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