Thanks for the answers. I'm still going to migrate but this is a real load off of my mine.
Thanks, Mike > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> 1) Which is the first OS version that will be require a different >> compile for each CPU? > > If there is one, it's off in the distant future. Certainly Palm OS 5 > will not require this. > > As became clear last week at PalmSource, the build process for most > apps won't change at all on Palm OS 5. You'll still be building M68K > apps, and they'll be run under emulation on ARM devices. This was > demonstrated again at PalmSource, and the performance is perfectly > acceptable (i.e., better than current devices). > >> 2) Will I have to switch to Code Warrior to develop for this new >> version (OS 5.0)? OS 4.0? > > Absolutely not. PRC-Tools works well with 4.0 (which is the current > extant M68K version of Palm OS) currently, and, as described above, for > the most part nothing relevant changes with 5.0: you build your app > just the same way as you would for a current M68K device. > >> OR, does (or will) GCC and PRC-Tools currently work >> with these? > > Yes, prc-tools currently works with these. > > Applications running on 5.0 on ARM devices may include small > subroutines as native ARM code if they need blazing performance. Such > applications can be built with prc-tools today. (If you build > prc-tools yourself; binary prc-tools releases do not yet provide this > functionality.) See this article for details: > > http://falch.net/Articles/?art=311 > >> 3) Say I have an application that was compiled for OS 3.5, which is >> the first OS version that this application will fail to run on, if >> any? > > PalmSource have said that the M68K emulation layer ("PACE") will be > supported for quite some time. So this is even further off in the > distant future than your question 1. > > (Assuming that your application is well-behaved, uses the APIs, etc > etc.) > > John > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, > please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
