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Package: binutils-h8300-hms
Version: 2.16.1-8
Severity: normal
The target for this bintuils build should be changed to h8300-elf;
COFF from what I can tell is unsupported/unfashionable in newer
versions of GCC. Once an h8300-elf targetted binutils is in place
we could then upgrade GCC to a recentish version that supports
newer Renesas devices.
H8/300 is still supported upstream.
Would be nice to upgrade this to 2.20 too...
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Hi,
H8/300 is no longer supported upstream, the only reason to keep this
package is to be able to build and use brickos which require COFF.
I added a note in the package README.Debian stating that:
> README for binutils-h8300-hms Debian package
>
> This package includes an old version of GNU binutils, the last one to support
> h8300-*-coff target.
>
> This target is needed to build firmwares for the LEGO Mindstorms RCX brick
> which is a programmable microcontroller system compatible with 9V motors and
> sensors. Support for this great robotics invention system is the reason why
> this version is still maintained by the Debian LEGO Team.
>
> Please do not annoy GNU binutils upstream with questions or bug reports. At
> time of writing this, this version is 20 years old, and no one stepped up to
> continue h8300 targets maintenance inside the current binutils.
If H8/300 happen to be supported again upstream in the future, then a
new binutils-h8300-hitachi-elf package could be done using Debian
binutils sources.
Nicolas.
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