[Ant-contrib-developers] Re: TMS320 C5500 or ARM compiler additions

[Nathan R. <nr...@si...>]

I sent this message directly to Curt Arnold, but perhaps I needed to
send it to the mailing list.

Of note, I need to get at least the TI compiler done within the next two
weeks.  I was wondering if I'd be better of just doing it my self and
enlisting help when I run into a problem or if Curt would be able to
take a decent shot at in the next couple of weeks.

Original message Follows:

I'd love to collaborate with you on adding these compilers. =20

TI TMS320C55x:

I don't know the heritage of the TI compiler, but know that it is not
gcc-like.  Getting support for this compiler is what is most pressing
for our project. =20

As you suggested, I can easily test and debug your development.  It
might be easier and quicker for you to get a free version of the
compiler tools.

A 90 day demo version of Code Composer Studio (189 MB) can be downloaded
here:
http://dspvillage.ti.com/docs/catalog/devtools/details.jhtml?templateId=3D=

5121&path=3Dtemplatedata/cm/tooldetail/data/fets_intro

This should include the code generation tools as well as a simulator and
documentation, so you can test the compilation and running of the code
in the simulator.  I think it contains several examples as well.

Whatever you cannot test using this, I can test here.

ARM Compiler

As for the ARM compiler, it has two different versions.  One is gcc as a
cross compiler, and the other I don't know about, but integrates with
metaworks.  I am only interested in the gcc version which can be
compiled after configuring gcc properly.

I did a quick search and found:=20
A cygwin port:
http://www.dwelch.com/gccarm/

Instructions on how to build the ARM cross-compiler here:
http://www.zauruszone.farplanet.net/wiki/index.php?BuildingGCC

I have some hardware here that I can test on as well as a simulator, but
ARM has demo software as well which can be ordered free here:

http://www.arm.com/devtools/ads_eval?OpenDocument

Thanks,
Nathan



-----Original Message-----
From: Curt Arnold [mailto:ca...@ho...]=20
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 10:10 PM
To: Nathan Royer; ant...@li...
Subject: Re: [Ant-contrib-developers] TMS320 C5500 or ARM compiler
additions


Nathan Royer wrote:

>I was wondering if anybody has done any work towards adding the=20
>TMS320C5510 or ARM compilers to the list of compilers cc-task supports.

>I need them and was going to start working to add them, but didn't want

>to duplicate any effort, as well as my learning curve is probably=20
>pretty steep, since I don't know java that well.
>
>Nathan
> =20
>
I'm not aware of any efforts.  Given decent documentation for the=20
command line options, I typically can get close, but can't really test=20
something where I don't have the hardware or software.  If you'd be=20
willing to provide the documentation, test and debug, I'd be willing to=20
take a shot.

What is the heritage of these compilers?  Are they gcc, Metrowerks, or=20
something else?