Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] SDCC 2.9 versus 3.0

[LRK]

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 04:45:42PM +0100, Tom Rondeau wrote:
> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Marcus D. Leech <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On 16/05/2011 11:32 AM, Tom Rondeau wrote:
> >
> >> It's unlikely that SDCC 3.x brings anything to the table that we need.
> >> Since, as Marcus already said, SDCC is only used in the USRP code, it has
> >> very little impact on the project, especially considering that we are 
> >> moving
> >> towards UHD, which does not depend on SDCC.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >>  A minor clarification.  You'd still need SDCC if you wanted to compile
> > the firmware image yourself that is in .../uhd/firmware/fx2. But most people
> >  just use the as-distributed FX2 firmware images supplied by Ettus.  It
> > looks like the code in .../uhd/firmware/fx2 is compatible with SDCC 2.X,
> > since
> >  intrinsics like "xdata" haven't been converted to "__xdata", etc.
> 
> Good point, thanks. (I was thinking mostly on how it impacts GNU Radio
> directly.)
> 
> Tom

Now I'm more confused. If SDCC is needed for the USRP1 firmware, it should
be required to generate that. Otherwise, the test for SDCC should be moot if
the firmware is available. Why does the build demand SDCC 2.9 if it is not
required?


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