[ECOS] Re: Configuration tool problem

[Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour@redhat.co.uk>]

Alessandro Pinto wrote:
> 
> The ecos build now is OK and I tried to compile some file automatic
> generated by VCC and all is OK.
> 
> But I'm brave and I'm thinking to use an ARM instuction set simulator. This
> simulator need the RTOS library but the ones generated by the configuration
> tool (libtarget.a) doesn't work.
> There is the possibilities to compile the library for another compiler (in
> this case armcc by arm) ?

eCos uses features only found in GNU cc, so unfortunately that isn't an
option worth pursuing.

I believe the right way to go about running eCos with the ARMulator is to
do a port of eCos to it. The reason is because eCos does not interwork with
Angel on the boards, using the ROM monitor interface for I/O etc. To port
eCos, the platform HAL would have to provide low-level communication with
RDI/RDP.

I don't know in detail how much work would be involved with that. We don't
currently have plans to do it ourselves, so a contributed port would be
welcome.

Jifl
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