binutils for Motorola PPC e500 core

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Rama,

> I am working on a variant of Motorola PPC e500 core
> which follows the Book E instruction set. I need the
> assembler and compiler for it. I have the GCC 3.3.0
> and binutils 2.14 source tarballs. What should be the
> target option for the configuration? should I
> configure it for PowerPC and add -mcpu-e500

Not quite.  Try using:

    --target=powerpc-elf --with-cpu=8540
    

> I have also noticed the 8540.md file specifying the pipeline
> info. Is there any support for 8560?

Not yet.

> are the --target options same for binutils and
> GCC? 

Yes.

Cheers
        Nick