[Bug target/99900] feature request: 16-bit x86 C compiler / support compilation of (VirtualBox) BIOS
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99900 --- Comment #8 from tk --- Hello Patrick, > Can you or anyone guestimate / speculate how big a bounty in USD value would > be required to get this ticket implemented in gcc as well as getting a patch > merged at VirtualBox starting to use this? Offhand, I would guess that the effort is at least comparable to other efforts to modernize GCC internals, e.g. https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=92729 , so a comparable bounty is likely needed. But perhaps someone who is more knowledgeable about GCC internals can provide a better estimate. Thank you!
[Bug target/99900] feature request: 16-bit x86 C compiler / support compilation of (VirtualBox) BIOS
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99900 --- Comment #7 from tk --- Hello Andrew, Incidentally, the patches for binutils-ia16 (https://github.com/tkchia/binutils-ia16) to support IA-16 relocations (https://github.com/tkchia/build-ia16/blob/master/elf16-writeup.md), could perhaps also benefit from a rethink. Thank you!
[Bug target/99900] feature request: 16-bit x86 C compiler / support compilation of (VirtualBox) BIOS
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99900 --- Comment #6 from tk --- Hello Andrew, > A bug bounty might be useful here since I highly doubt this will be done > otherwise. The gcc-ia16 port is working, but internals-wise, some parts of the IA-16 patches are still rather hacky --- some of the changes affect the machine-independent middle-end in not-so-elegant ways, or depend on undocumented (and unreliable) properties in the middle-end. So I guess it might still be useful to have some sort of bounty(s), if this means someone could help rethink the changes and reduce technical debt. Thank you!
[Bug target/99900] feature request: 16-bit x86 C compiler / support compilation of (VirtualBox) BIOS
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99900 tk changed: What|Removed |Added CC||u1049321969 at caramail dot com --- Comment #5 from tk --- Hello all, > I've no idea whether the (not merged) ia16 port can do this, or whether > the person currently maintaining a version of that port for GCC 6 is > covered by an FSF copyright assignment. I am the maintainer behind the https://github.com/tkchia/gcc-ia16 fork. Yes, I have done the copyright assignments for my IA-16 patches for GCC (in 2017) and also for Binutils (in 2018). I believe that the previous developers, Mr. Lambertsen and Mr. Jenner, have also made the needed copyright assignments. The current gcc-ia16 code can produce code to run on an 8086, 80186, or 80286 machine, and also has support for far pointers --- including far function pointers. The texinfo documentation has been updated to lay out the features that the IA-16 port has. Thank you!
[Bug target/99900] feature request: 16-bit x86 C compiler / support compilation of (VirtualBox) BIOS
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99900 Eric Gallager changed: What|Removed |Added CC||andrewjenner at gcc dot gnu.org, ||dl.soluz at gmx dot net, ||egallager at gcc dot gnu.org, ||law at gcc dot gnu.org, ||rask at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #4 from Eric Gallager --- (In reply to jos...@codesourcery.com from comment #3) > I've no idea whether the (not merged) ia16 port can do this, or whether > the person currently maintaining a version of that port for GCC 6 is > covered by an FSF copyright assignment. > > https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc-patches/2017-04/msg9.html > https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc/2018-06/msg00103.html > https://github.com/tkchia/gcc-ia16 cc-ing people from these threads to see if they can help fill us in here
[Bug target/99900] feature request: 16-bit x86 C compiler / support compilation of (VirtualBox) BIOS
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99900 --- Comment #3 from joseph at codesourcery dot com --- I've no idea whether the (not merged) ia16 port can do this, or whether the person currently maintaining a version of that port for GCC 6 is covered by an FSF copyright assignment. https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc-patches/2017-04/msg9.html https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc/2018-06/msg00103.html https://github.com/tkchia/gcc-ia16
[Bug target/99900] feature request: 16-bit x86 C compiler / support compilation of (VirtualBox) BIOS
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99900 --- Comment #2 from Patrick Schleizer --- Can you or anyone guestimate / speculate how big a bounty in USD value would be required to get this ticket implemented in gcc as well as getting a patch merged at VirtualBox starting to use this?
[Bug target/99900] feature request: 16-bit x86 C compiler / support compilation of (VirtualBox) BIOS
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99900 Andrew Pinski changed: What|Removed |Added Severity|normal |enhancement --- Comment #1 from Andrew Pinski --- > Could you please develop a 16-bit x86 C compiler that supports compilation of > VirtualBox BIOS / any BIOS? A bug bounty might be useful here since I highly doubt this will be done otherwise.
