Basabi Bhattacharya wrote: > Would like to know if there is any disadvantages in compiling > application/device drivers with Gcc (4.3.x) and running them on > OpenSoalris (128a) built with Sunstudio12. I'd assume that all debugging > tools (mdb and dtrace) should work as expected. I was able to compile > OpenSolaris with Gcc (SUNWgcc 3.4.3) but our sources are compiled with > Gcc 4.3.3 and would like to use that or upgrade that to 4.4.4.
3.4.3 is still the official GCC version used for building OpenSolaris. I am not aware that any testing has been done with 4.3.x yet. Dtrace should work with 4.3.x but I am not sure about mdb. Extensions were made to gcc 3.4.3 for the purpose of compiling Solaris, but I have not been able to track down the details. Also, I do not believe the extensions were ported back to the main GCC tree. > But It is > recommended that OpenSolaris (build 100 and above) should be build with > SunStudio and I've not seen any update recently about ON-gcc project and > not sure if the latest version of Gcc (4.4.4) will be packaged when next > LIVE CD is available. GCC 4.3.2 is currently available with OpenSolaris 2009.06. GCC 4.3.3 is planned for the next release of OpenSolaris. We do not have any dates for 4.4.x at this point. Thanks, George > > Appreciate your help. > _______________________________________________ > tools-compilers mailing list > tools-compilers at opensolaris.org
