On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Nicholas Clifton <ni...@redhat.com> wrote: > Hi Peter > >> Ping. > > > [DJ is on vacation, so I am standing in for him...]
Thanks for responding. > >>>> Perhaps moving the cio-enabled nosys to a libcio.a? Then we'd need a >>>> -mcio option to gcc to enable it, but could default to doing the >>>> generic nosys thing... >>> >>> >>> I like that approach; it makes clear that the system interface is >>> still CIO even when not using -msim, and it gives application >>> developers the appropriate level of control when CIO is not desired. >>> Making selection of -mcio a positive decision (not default) also helps >>> reveal when an application unintentionally introduces dependencies >>> such as calls to sbrk (malloc) for newlib internal data structures >>> that most mspgcc developers would be surprised to find happening (they >>> did not occur with the same functions in msp430-libc). >>> >>> What needs to be done to get this into place? Do you need an >>> enhancement request in gcc and/or newlib bugzilla? > > > Yes - if you want Red Hat to do this. But of course you can do the work > yourself if you prefer. That would seem to be the most likely path to success. >> Absent any coordinated action on this, I'm going to send patches to >> newlib to remove the special-case override of libnosys in msp430 >> libgloss, and to gcc to eliminate the automatic addition of -lnosys >> when -msim is absent in gcc. > > > Both of which are perfectly reasonable, and I see no reason why they should > not be accepted. gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2014-09/msg01809.html newlib: https://sourceware.org/ml/newlib/2014/msg00465.html I'd appreciate it if you or DJ would shepherd these through: I don't think anybody on either list is likely to merge them otherwise. Thanks. Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Mspgcc-users mailing list Mspgcc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mspgcc-users
