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Jerry Petrey <gpetrey@earthlink.net> writes:

> On 11/5/2014 6:57 AM, Simon Wright wrote:
>> Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I have just checked the libre.adacore.com site and noticed that there
>>> is no GNAT package for the ARM targets, hosted on Mac OS X. Only
>>> Windows and Linux hosts are supported.
>>>
>>> Do you have any information on the possible plans for such a package?
>>
>> It looks as though it might be an interesting project.
>>
>> The GNAT GPL 2014 package (I looked at the Linux version) is configured
>> for arm-eabi and has zfp (zero footprint) and Ravenscar RTS's.
>>
>> I see that Farnell have the STM32F4DISCOVERY for £11.71 + p&p, looks
>> like an inexpensive way to start.
>>
>
> It is a very interesting project.  I have Ada running on about a dozen
> different ARM M4/M3 boards now and it is very nice. You can see my
> article in Electronic Design magazine
> (http://electronicdesign.com/dev-tools/armed-and-ready) for some help
> in getting things set up.  Unfortunately it is only available for
> Windows and Linux - I have only used the Windows version.  The
> STMF429DISCOVERY board is an exceptional deal and has a graphics
> LCD. I recently completed a basic driver in Ada for the LCD display
> which makes this a very useful platform for development as I can catch
> and display exceptions on the display.

Thanks for your postings on this!

You'll have seen my separate announcement. 'How I did it' at
http://forward-in-code.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/building-gnat-gpl-2014-for-arm-eabi.html