From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bart Veer To: JDabbs@TGA.com Cc: ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: [ECOS] eCos with non-GNU compiler Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:13:00 -0000 Message-id: <200009131713.SAA03927@sheesh.cygnus.co.uk> References: <487BF2740AEBD311831F006008AE0B6E0BF7BC@NS1> X-SW-Source: 2000-09/msg00206.html >>>>> "James" == James Dabbs writes: James> Pardon any naivety.. James> Has anyone build eCos with compilers other than GNU? For James> instance, Diab or Green Hills? If so, how did it go? James> Also, is anyone developing eCos targets from a Windows James> host? What were your experiences in this area? James> The real question (internally here) is whether eCos is tied James> to Linux/GNU/GDB, or if anyone has used MULTI or any other James> windows cross-IDE to build eCos projects. eCos has a number of dependencies on the GNU compilers, see http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/faq.html#porting_compiler It may be possible to use debuggers other than gdb, provided they can cope with the output of the GNU compilers and linker. If the debugging is intrusive, i.e. you need to run some sort of debug stub on the target in addition to the application, then you would have to integrate this stub into the system somehow. The current system comes only with a gdb stub because the core developers use gdb. eCos development is not tied to a Linux host, in fact one of the tools (the graphical configuration tool) is currently only available for Windows hosts. The installation instructions at http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/getstart.html provide information for both Linux and Windows hosts. I am afraid I do not know anything about MULTI, e.g. whether or not it allows the compiler to be selected. Bart Veer // eCos net maintainer