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Re: [arm-gnu] Newbie question about compiler compatibility

  • To: Stavros Tsolakos <stsolakos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [arm-gnu] Newbie question about compiler compatibility
  • From: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:34:04 +0100
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 07:52, Stavros Tsolakos wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> This is my first post to the list.
> 
> I am new to arm development, so my question may sound a bit dumb.
> 
> I have some code that I build with the armcc compiler coming with the 
> ARM Development Suite 1.2. I also have some code that I want to build 
> with gcc and create a static library (.a). Can I link this static 
> library with the executable produced by armcc?

Short answer: No.

Longer answer: probably not, but it depends on your interfaces and there
are no hard-and-fast rules for what will and won't work.

CodeSourcery's GCC releases *are* compatible with ARM's RVCT 2.2
compiler.  They are not compatible with older products released by ARM.

R.