Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2007-10-05, Andrew Lunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The newlib library is not used for anything in eCos. My understanding >> is that newlib is just there in order to get the toolchain to compile. > > That's something I've never understood. I use gcc for a > half-dozen non-eCos embedded targets, and never had to use > newlib to get the toolchains to compile. They've always > compiled fine without it.
My experience is opposite. I never succeeded to get cross-compiler for embedded target without a link to newlib tree from withing gcc tree, and then newlib is compiled and installed along with gcc. Maybe it's fixed in recent GCCs though. -- Sergei. -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss
