On Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 10:36 AM Mikael Pettersson via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
wrote:

> (Note I'm reading the gcc mailing list via the Web archives, which
> doesn't let me
> create "proper" replies. Oh well.)
>
> On Sun Jun 18 09:58:56 GMT 2023, <eterno.claudio@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi, this is my first time with open source development. I worked in
> > automotive for 22 years and we (generally) were using tricore series for
> > these products. GCC doesn't compile on that platform. I left my work some
> > days ago and so I'll have some spare time in the next few months. I would
> > like to know how difficult it is to port the tricore platform on gcc and
> if
> > during this process somebody can support me as tutor and... also if the
> gcc
> > team is interested in this item...
>
> https://github.com/volumit has a port of gcc + binutils + newlib + gdb
> to Tricore,
> and it's not _that_ ancient. I have no idea where it originates from
> or how complete
> it is, but I do know the gcc-4.9.4 based one builds with some tweaks.
>


https://github.com/volumit/package_494 says there is a port in process to
> gcc 9. Perhaps digging in and assessing that would be a good start.
>

One question is whether that code has proper assignments on file for
ultimate inclusion. That should be part of your assessment.

--joel

>

I don't know anything more about it, I'm just a collector of
> cross-compilers for
> obscure / lost / forgotten / abandoned targets.
>
> /Mikael
>