Re: which gcc? (cross dist: egcs-2.91.60, macppc dist: egcs-2.91.66)

[Mark Milligan <milligan%realtime.bc.ca@localhost>]

We started a couple of weeks ago and have a bootloader running. The bootloader
was written in c++ and can load the kernel via tftp over a FCC eithernet port.

I am working on a driver for the smc as a console serial port and will then work
on an a driver for the FCC eithernet port. 

Our goal is to build a flash image of NetBSD and boot from the flash into a
ramdisk. The system will be completly embedded.

I am developing on an EST SBC8260 but the final product will run on an Microsys
PM826.

I would greatly apreciate any code contributed, and my understanding is we will
post our code as soon as it is stable.

Thanks in advance

On Tue, 07 Aug 2001, Tad Hunt wrote:
> In message <01080712374701.18103@huhhot>, you said:
> ;Hi folks:
> ;
> ;I am also using the powerpc cross compiler. My question is this. I cant find
> ;any documentation of the GNU assembler (as/gas) powerpc port ??? the info and
> ;man pages dont mention the powerpc arch at all ???
> ;
> ;I am trying to figure out the assembly syntax for a port I am working onto
> ;the mpc8260 processor.  I have figured some of it out but would apreciate 
> some
> ;more info.
> 
> http://e-www.motorola.com/brdata/PDFDB/MICROPROCESSORS/32_BIT/POWERPC/MPCFPE.pdf
> 
> contains a powerpc instruction set listing.  This is essentially
> what the assembler takes as input.
> 
> Since you've got the info files installed, you can learn about the
> "non-opcode" parts of the assembler syntax from there.
> 
> Interestingly enough, we have a NetBSD port to the MPC8260.  How
> far along are you?  We were planning on eventually contributing it
> to the community, but I have not yet gotten around to it.
> 
> -Tad
> 
> In message <01080712374701.18103@huhhot>, you said:
> ;Hi folks:
> ;
> ;I am also using the powerpc cross compiler. My question is this. I cant f=
> ;ind
> ;any documentation of the GNU assembler (as/gas) powerpc port ??? the info=
> ; and
> ;man pages dont mention the powerpc arch at all ???=20
> ;
> ;I am trying to figure out the assembly syntax for a port I am working on =
> ;to the
> ;mpc8260 processor.  I have figured some of it out but would apreciate som=
> ;e
> ;more info.
> ;
> ;Thanks in advance.
> ;
> ;On Tue, 07 Aug 2001, Tad Hunt wrote:
> ;> I downloaded and installed the cross compiler package for powerpc
> ;> for NetBSD-1.5 i386 (cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3.0.0.tgz) which claims
> ;> to be:
> ;>=20
> ;> =09egcs-2.91.60 19981201 (egcs-1.1.1 release)
> ;>=20
> ;> I've been compiling the kernel and user stuff quite successfully
> ;> with this cross compiler.
> ;>=20
> ;> I just noticed that the native NetBSD-1.5-macppc version of the
> ;> compiler is:
> ;>=20
> ;> =09egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)
> ;>=20
> ;> Am I going to run into problems using the cross compiler package
> ;> egcs-2.91.60? Should I attempt to build the cross compiler myself
> ;> to match versions with the macppc port?
> ;>=20
> ;> What might be the "officially blessed" version (if any!) of gcc to
> ;> depend on for the powerpc ports?
> ;>=20
> ;> Thanks!
> ;> =09-Tad
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> ;Mark Milligan
> ;
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Mark Milligan