I was asked for an update on the status of mspgcc support for 20-bit, so to keep everybody in the loop:
Yes, it's still me, and I still plan to get to it, but after spending two months on mspgcc full time on my nickel, I've chosen to get a day job again, so I only have a few hours to spend on it each week. Don't look for anything 20-bit-ish before mid summer at the earliest. I personally think the uniarch system is pretty stable. I'm still tracking down anomalies, but almost all of them have been present for years; see the SF bug trackers. Before adding new features, I want the test infrastructure required to verify that what's already there is working. The refactoring that comes with fixing the problems I find will also make it easier to add 20-bit support. At the moment, I have a rework of the logical/arithmetic shift code in progress, which will include support for the multi-bit shift instructions of CPUX. After that, the priority is to get the revitalized uniarch out as a gcc 4.5.3-based stable system for downstream packagers, but that won't include 20-bit support. I'd like that available by early June. There's still a fair amount of back end rework required to add new core types required for 20-bit addresses, and I want to get people migrated to the version that supports the newer chips (and is more maintainable). Then I can leave that one as bug-fix only while doing the evolution to 20-bit in the 4.6.x series. I don't have any plans to make new releases in the mspgcc4 series. If you have a showstopper bug please report it on the SF mspgcc4 bug tracker, and note that it's a showstopper and explain why you can't move to uniarch. If I can, I'll at least create a patch, but the mspgcc4 build approach is not suited for patching things, so there'll probably be some work on your end. Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Mspgcc-users mailing list Mspgcc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mspgcc-users
