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From: [e-mail] (Michael P. Collins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
Subject: GNU C on a 68331 BCC
Date: 8 Jan 1996 23:24:08 GMT
Organization: Motorola Western MCU Design Center, Tempe, Arizona
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  A few days ago, I set out to build a GNU C cross compiler for a 68331
BCC development kit.  The build/host machine is a SPARCstation 2 running
SunOS 4.1.3.  After much time reading the documentation files and
experimenting with various arguments to config, I've reached the point
where I have an apparently useful compiler.  At least, I can compile a
short test routine, download the resulting S-record file to the BCC, and
see the expected results after running it.  The next stage of the process
is to add some support routines specific to the BCC.  I don't need too
terribly much -- mostly getc or getchar and printf for I/O, however some
functions in the glibc/stdlib directory (i.e., atoi, atof, etc.) are
pretty much essential.  So far I've not found a supported configuration
which matches the BCC environment, which isn't too surprising.  Before
I set off to put all the pieces together myself, I was wondering if maybe
someone hasn't tread this path before and can offer some assistance (or
perhaps even a libc.a file).
  In response to a similar request posted internally within Motorola,
I did get one reply indicating that there's likely some help at
http://lancelot.gcs.redstone.army.mil/rg4/rtems.html.  This information
is of limited value to me, however, because we are firewalled from
external web sites.
  Any help will be appreciated.

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