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Re: the --with-ecos option for GCC configuration
- From: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
- To: Backhaus Willy <w dot backhaus at newage-avkseg dot com>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:22:37 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] the --with-ecos option for GCC configuration
- Organization: MLB Associates
- References: <000101c469b7$aa280e60$f30210ac@backhaus>
On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 09:31, Backhaus Willy wrote:
> hello,
>
> there is a --with-ecos (Enable runtime eCos target support) option for GCC
> configuration ( http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html ). what does this
> option do? is this option necessary for compilers that work with eCos?
That option, which was only ever used on ARM, dates from ~1999. I don't
think it has much (if any) use today. It certainly is not necessary nor
recommended by any procedure I know of for building toolchains for eCos.
I certainly have not used it in the last 5 years...
--
Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates
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