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RE: [ECOS] MCore?

Hi,

>        Gordy> Motorola supplies GNU tools for MCore. Has anyone been
>        Gordy> using them for eCos?
>
>    A port by Cygnus to the MCore is under consideration. I am unable to
>    reveal any more information at this point.
>
> Incidentally, the sharp-eyed GNU-watchers (hmmm, sounds like a bird
> species :-) ) will see that mcore bits are already showing up in GDB
> and binutils snapshots...

Why does Cygnus need to do this if Motorola have already completed a port...

OTOH I haven't actually downloaded the Motorola GNU binaries to check if
there is a patch against gcc but the file sizes were way too small to
include a full copy of their source... is this a violation of the GPL?

Dave