Hello Albert, > Here at work I've been asked to get some Ada code ported on an > embedded, MPC855T-based platform using ELDK 2.02. > > By the look of it, there are no major risks with repsect to the > scheduler or libraries or performance; the only problem is getting > to compile Ada code. > > GCC supports Ada from version 3.1.1 up, but ELDK 2.0.2 features 2.95.4. > > Is there a version of GCC >= 3.1.1 prepackaged for ELDK?
Short answer - no. The ELDK still contains the reliable 2.95.4 compiler + associated binutils because there were several problems with the >=3.0 toolchains on the ppc platform. To check the situation, I recently compiled gcc 3.2.2 + binutils 2.13 as a cross-compiler for the 8xx platform without major problems out of the box. A linux kernel compiled with the setup ran with no noticeable difficulties so I am pretty confident that the setup is stable for that platform. The only reason that there is no pre-packaged gcc >= 3.1 for the ELDK is the well known 24h/day limit and the fact that no customer demanded a newer gcc as yet. Hope that helps Detlev -- Spelling is a lossed art ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
