Re: Cross-toolchain for DS [was: Newcomers to

[Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>]

On 2014-10-12, Peter Chapin <PChapin@vtc.vsc.edu> wrote:
> In article <m1dpbd$nac$1@dont-email.me>, 
> clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP says...
>
>> LLVM wasn't capable of supporting 8-bit MCUs the last time I checked
>> and I'm pretty sure it doesn't support 16-bit MCUs either.
>
> LLVM targets the MSP430 which is a 16 bit processor in all its 
> variations as far as I know.
>

I stand corrected. :-)

When I first became interested in finding out more about LLVM one of
the first things I did was to see if it supported the AVR which I
found it didn't.

At the same time I also came across multiple discussions that LLVM
wasn't designed to support anything under 32 bits and I've never had
reason to suspect until now that wasn't still the case.

I've also found that someone has now attempted to support the AVR
in LLVM as a third party port on SourceForge although it's described
as "Pre Alpha" and the last update is from nearly a couple of years ago.

I learnt something new today. Thanks.

Simon.

PS: I've added building and _actually_ playing with the latest versions
to my todo list in order to see what else has changed. It's become of
far greater interest to me now I know it can now support architectures
less than 32 bits in size.

PPS: Next time, I will research what the _current_ situation is before
making a comment like the above again. :-)

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