Re: [avr-gcc-list] avr-libc does not have support for ATxmega16a4u or ATxmega32a4u

[Erik Walthinsen]

On 02/16/2014 12:48 PM, Joerg Wunsch wrote:
> As far as avr-libc is concerned, that's not necessary, since it's BSD-style
> licensed.
No, but for gcc and binutils getting the patches upstream does require 
FSF paperwork.

However, I have no idea how much it would take to actually get the 
maintainers to accept the changes.  It sounds like a fair bit, since 
avr-gcc and avr-binutils have pretty much *always* had a decent-sized 
list of patches against the mainline (e.g. those found in a debian package).

> Yes, I'm guilty of doing too little avr-libc work in the past.  Mainly,
> day job, family, and things like AVRDUDE and AVaRICE have kept me busy
> enough.  If someone were to step forward, and take over the duties of
> the release engineer for avr-libc, I certainly wouldn't say "Nay".
I don't know about the full release enginering, but I'm willing at least 
do what I can for avr-libc Xmega support, and try to do what I can with 
the binutils/gcc parts.