----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Johansson" Subject: Re: [PIC] Just how popular is dsPIC? > Jan-Erik Soderholm writes: > I'm guessing that the Microchip dsPIC C compiler uses the GCC core in > just this manner. They are releasing the patches not so much as a > "product" by themselves, but rather to adhere to the GPL. Well, it seems like it's a little more than "patches". The procedure seems to be typical of installing any tarball ... there is a configure step, then a build step, then an install step. The configure step figures out your version of gcc, system libraries, etc. The build then links everything together, and the install spreads things out to where they belong (although I haven't a clue where that is!) It could be that I have an actual working compiler and I just can't figure out how to tell gcc how to target the dsPIC. Or it could be that I have nothing actually installed. I really didn't have much luck figuring it out. The tarball creates a whole pile of directories, many of which seem to be associated with every target known to man. Many of the directories are empty, but not necessarily the ones you would expect. In some trees, the "PIC30" directory is empty, in some, the sparc-solaris directory is populated. There are so many possible hosts and targets, it is a tough deal figuring out which is which. --McD -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist