Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-19 Thread Florian Klaempfl
Michael Schnell schrieb: > > Thanks. Please keep me posted on this issue. > http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/logs/fpc-trunk.log ;) ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-18 Thread Michael Schnell
I'am currently preparing the rtl for embedded purposes. Of course, using FPC on an embedded device isn't install and play like on common OSes simply because embedded devices differ and there is no real standard regarding output format. But it should be doable. Great ! Thanks. Please keep me

RE: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-18 Thread peter green
> On the long run I am interested in making (embedded) FPC programs run on > (our own) ARM-hardware. > I only found notice about FPC programs for PDAs. Am I right assuming > that there is no special problem using a displayless ARM9 device (like a > slug) for FPC programs ? afaict the slug is qu

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-18 Thread Florian Klaempfl
Michael Schnell schrieb: > BTW. > > On the long run I am interested in making (embedded) FPC programs run on > (our own) ARM-hardware. > I only found notice about FPC programs for PDAs. Am I right assuming > that there is no special problem using a displayless ARM9 device (like a > slug but little

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-18 Thread Michael Schnell
BTW. On the long run I am interested in making (embedded) FPC programs run on (our own) ARM-hardware. I only found notice about FPC programs for PDAs. Am I right assuming that there is no special problem using a displayless ARM9 device (like a slug but little endian) for FPC programs ? -Michael

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-18 Thread Michael Schnell
BTW. On the long run I am interested in making (embedded) FPC programs run on (our own) ARM-hardware. I only found notice about FPC programs for PDAs. Am I right assuming that there is no special problem using a displayless ARM9 device (like a slug but low endian) for FPC programs ? -Michael __

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-18 Thread Michael Schnell
BTW. On the long run I am interested in making (embedded) FPC programs run on (our own) ARM-hardware. I only found notice about FPC programs for PDAs. Am I right assuming that there is no special problem using a displayless ARM9 device (like a slug) for FPC programs ? -Michael __

RE: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-15 Thread Robert Wolfe
Behalf Of Vincent Snijders Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 4:38 PM To: FPC developers' list Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: >> finally some of us would quite like to have a big endian system arround >> for test

RE: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-15 Thread Robert Wolfe
ssage- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vincent Snijders Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 4:38 PM To: FPC developers' list Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: >> finally some of us wou

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-15 Thread Vincent Snijders
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: finally some of us would quite like to have a big endian system arround for testing on and as big endian systems go the slug is cheap! Well, for FPC developers (as well as others) I make accounts available to those interested via SSH. I run PPC under Debian/Sparc on

RE: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-15 Thread fpc
> finally some of us would quite like to have a big endian system arround > for testing on and as big endian systems go the slug is cheap! Well, for FPC developers (as well as others) I make accounts available to those interested via SSH. I run PPC under Debian/Sparc on a Sun Ultra 5. __

RE: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-15 Thread peter green
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael > Schnell > Sent: 15 December 2006 11:59 > To: FPC developers' list > Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian > crosscompiler > > &g

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-15 Thread Michael Schnell
however some hardware is wired up for big endian (the linksys NSLU2 springs to mind) and hence is a pain to get little endian linux running on (i belive the network now works in little endian mode but the front panel lights are still broken) AFAIK, the SLUG Linux is running since a log tim

RE: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-14 Thread peter green
> Hola, most modern ARM cpu's support big endian, that is not the point. > Question is how many an big endian platforms exists, and this is not so > popular, because even if you switch the cpu to big endian, the underlying > hardware remains little endian (with the cpu doing the conversion). Th

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-13 Thread Jeff Wormsley
Micha Nelissen wrote: I'm using an XScale armeb (big-endian) debian distribution here at work. The DigiConnect ME and WI-ME modules run ARM7 big endian as well. Not sure about the other Digi modules. There is a linux implementation for these as well as their native Net+OS. Jeff. -- I hav

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-13 Thread Micha Nelissen
Daniël Mantione wrote: An Intel Xscale system running Linux or Windows CE is always running in little endian mode, which propably covers an already important part of the ARM cpu's in use. I'm using an XScale armeb (big-endian) debian distribution here at work. Micha _

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-13 Thread Daniël Mantione
Op Wed, 13 Dec 2006, schreef Micha Nelissen: > Michael Schnell wrote: > > > In theory yes, in practice probably not. > > In the ARM-Linux developers list I have been told that ARM always is used > > in little endian mode. I have no idea why. > > Intel XScale (at least) is used as big-endian arm

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-13 Thread Micha Nelissen
Michael Schnell wrote: In theory yes, in practice probably not. In the ARM-Linux developers list I have been told that ARM always is used in little endian mode. I have no idea why. Intel XScale (at least) is used as big-endian arm. Micha ___ fpc-dev

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-13 Thread Florian Klaempfl
Michael Schnell schrieb: > >>> Do I need to add/define something when I build the crosscompiler to get >>> softfloat support? >>> Is changing system_arm_linux_info.endian to endian_big in >>> fpc/compiler/systems/i_linux.pas enough? >>> >> >> In theory yes, in practice probably not. > In the

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-13 Thread Michael Schnell
Do I need to add/define something when I build the crosscompiler to get softfloat support? Is changing system_arm_linux_info.endian to endian_big in fpc/compiler/systems/i_linux.pas enough? In theory yes, in practice probably not. In the ARM-Linux developers list I have been told that AR

Re: [fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-13 Thread Florian Klaempfl
Terry Kemp schrieb: > Hi, > > questions... > Is -CfSOFT supported on arm 2.0.5? Unlikely. 2.1.1 has softfloat support for at least wince and gba. > Do I need to add/define something when I build the crosscompiler to get > softfloat support? > Is changing system_arm_linux_info.endian to endian_bi

[fpc-devel] help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler

2006-12-12 Thread Terry Kemp
Hi, questions... Is -CfSOFT supported on arm 2.0.5? Do I need to add/define something when I build the crosscompiler to get softfloat support? Is changing system_arm_linux_info.endian to endian_big in fpc/compiler/systems/i_linux.pas enough? I see in references to {$if defined(CPUARM) and defined