Re: [Sdcc-user] PIC18F support

[Scott D. <sc...@da...>]

On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, Trampas Stern wrote:

> I am currently working with a PIC18 and noticed that Martin Dubuc has
> done some work porting the SDCC to the PIC18 series processors. I was
> thinking about continuing his work. However I am new to the SDCC and was
> wondering where I could get some further documentation on how the
> compiler and porting works.

If you're intimately familiar with C, then the source is your best 
documentation! Each port is in a directory off of src. Most of your time 
will be spent in src/your_port/gen.c. The way I started with the PIC port 
was by copying the 8051 port and changing everything that didn't look like 
a PIC. I then added a couple of other pieces of code... Sounds trivial, 
but it ain't! If your interested in the PIC18F, then I suggest starting 
with Martin's work and fix anything that's broken. I really don't know 
where his code currently stands. I simply checked it into CVS for him.

Scott