[ECOS] Building older eCos w/ gcc 3.2.1?

[Grant Edwards]

> > I've switched to gcc 3.2.1 w/ patches to build eCos 2.0, but
> > I'm still using 2.95.2 to build an older version of eCos (a
> > snapshot from early 2001).
> > 
> > Are there any known issues with using 3.2.1 to build older
> > versions of eCos?
> 
> More than you'd want to know about, I fear.
> 
> IMO, I wouldn't waste any time even trying it.

I just did, and it got through quite a few files before choking
on something in kernel/current/src/sync/flag.cxx.  

Looks like the changes to the C++ front end were more extensive
than those to the C front end.  With C, I've seen new warnings,
but I haven't seen 3.2.1 refuse to compile a C program with
which 2.95.2 was happy.

Time to create a new part number for the 3.2.1 toolchain...

-- 
Grant Edwards
grante@visi.com

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