Hi Larry, Note that you can no longer get to me on g...@snapgear.com. (McAfee shutdown the Snapgear group a couple of years back, and I am no longer with them. Unfortunately the email address doesn't bounce :-( Using g...@uclinux.org is best.
On 01/06/14 07:45, Larry Baker wrote: > I haven't thought about this in a while, but recent activity on the uClinux > developer's list reminded me again to check into this bug. > > A couple years ago I posted patches on gcc bugzilla for gcc 4.6, 4.7, and 4.8 > to implement -fstack-limit-symbol for ColdFire processors, as well as to > correct the code generated for all m68k processors [1] [2]. I posted an > announcement here as well back on 25 September 2012. The recent > conversations here about ColdFire processors made me think someone might > still care about that work. > > Merging my patches into the gcc trunk keeps getting deferred. The last time > I had any correspondence with anyone about a time frame, I think the delay > was because of the lack of someone working on the m68k code in the compiler. > I've never written any compiler code before this, but I do know how to read > assembly language to see what the compiler is emitting. (That's how I > determined the existing implementation was not right and not as efficient as > it could be.) I was able to generate and run my code on uClinux with the > stack checking option using my patched gcc. It is a shame this is taking so long to get back into gcc proper. But thanks for the good work, and posting it here. Regards Greg > Regards, > > Larry Baker > US Geological Survey > 650-329-5608 > ba...@usgs.gov > > [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53834 > [2] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28896 > _______________________________________________ uClinux-dev mailing list uClinux-dev@uclinux.org http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org To unsubscribe see: http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev
