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Re: Maintainers file patch for M68HC1x port.


Again, It's not about how you or I currently use the tools, it's about desired/possible usage by all.

When I have some extra time I'll hunt for an example from Freescale. Even better, if one doesn't exist, and I never said that one definitely did, I will create one. Then we can say that binutils does something that the commercial tools don't.

-Sean


On 07/24/2012 02:03 PM, James Murray wrote:
On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 13:49 -0700, Sean Keys wrote:
The bulk of your patch was for XGATE support within the HC1x tools, not
fixes or additions to the port itself.
Erm? What about the addition of the S12X instruction support, objdump
output enhancements and HC11, HC12 testcase fixes ? Those all sound very
much like fixes and additions to the port itself.

  >( I'm still not sure I can think
  >of a case where a symbol would be created in XGATE space..

It's a valid and reasonable use case, therefore in my opinion it should
be left up to the developer. I ran the existing test-suite to make sure
it was harmless to existing usage, of course.
My question was based on the fact that I've not used it that way. (Isn't
asking questions and peer review a core part of open source software
such as binutils?) In my application all the variables are defined in
the S12 code and the XGATE code links against them.
Could you point me to the Freescale datasheet that you mentioned so I
can have a look at what they are doing.

regards

James


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