[Coco] Announcement : Nitros-9 C compiler tool cross chain for Linux

[Walter Zambotti]

Bill

Tip:

There is no overall make file.  You'll have to go into the build
directory for each component and type make.

Make sure you are using a 32 bit build environment. It simply won't work
in 64 bit!

Walter

On 2020-04-27 19:05, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
> Walter, I may try that myself as well (compiling under Cygwin or MinGW).
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walter Zambotti <zambotti at iinet.net.au>
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Sent: Mon, Apr 27, 2020 7:00 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Announcement : Nitros-9 C compiler tool cross chain for Linux
>
> Bill
>
> There is a good possibility that it can be compiled under 32 Cygwin or
> MinGW without any modification.
>
> I'll look at that in the next few weeks.
>
> Walter
>
> On 2020-04-27 18:45, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
>> That is good news Walter... If we can get a stable C cross compiler that can run along side of the NitrOS9 build tools, it opens MANY doors as to what can be added to the NitrOS9 repository.
>> Now the BIG question (I know it's a bit early, but), will it run under Cygwin & MinGW on a windows machine (as the build tools do)?
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Walter Zambotti <zambotti at iinet.net.au>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Mon, Apr 27, 2020 4:01 am
>> Subject: [Coco] Announcement : Nitros-9 C compiler tool cross chain for Linux
>>
>> I managed the get the full C tool chain working.
>>
>> Here is the readme from the github site:
>>
>> https://github.com/WallyZambotti/Nitros9-CC-CrossCompiler
>>
>> Linux CC cross compiler for (CoCo) Nitros-9
>>
>> It contains:
>>
>> - cc2.5.3 : c front end
>> - cprep19 : c preprocessor
>> - c.comp : c compiler
>> - c.opt - (c) rma asm optimizer
>> - rma(r63) - relocating macro assembler
>> - rlink - linker
>> - ansifront - ANSI C to K&R preprocessor
>>
>> It has been successfully compiled and tested on Ubuntu 18.04 (AMD).
>>
>> All Linux binaries produced are 32bit.  Some binaries are required to be 
>> compiled with no optimization or they will fail.  Be warned if you change
>> the make files.
>>
>> It is known to work on Intel (AMD) platforms.
>>
>> This C compiler tools chain produces binaries compatible with:
>>
>>   Nitros-9 (MC6809 or HD6309).
>>
>> A test directory is provided that contains a dd directory.  You should place
>> the Linux executables in the dd/cmds directory and create a symbolic link from 
>> /dd to that directory:
>>
>>   $ sudo ln -s ~/Nitros9-CC-CrossCompiler/test/dd /dd
>>
>> And add the cmds directory to your path:
>>
>>   $ PATH=$PATH:/dd/cmds
>>
>> Some libraries and defs files are also provided under the test/dd/lib & test/dd/defs
>> directories.  You can add more by copying them from a Nitros-9 distribution.
>>
>> You will then be able to compile Nitros-9 C programs with the same instructions
>> as normally used under Nitros-9:
>>
>>   $ cc253 -A -s helloworld.c -f=helloworld
>>   $ cc253 main.c sub1.c sub2.r mylib.r -f=myprog
>>   
>> The provided example in the test directory can be compiled with:
>>
>>   $ cc253 -A -s texturebm.c gfxlib.c gpulib.c -f=texturebm
>>
>> (However this example program will only run on the OVCC emulator with the MPU
>> device installed in one of the MPI slots.)
>>
>> When copying the executables to Nitros-9 (either real or emulator) for execution 
>> remember to set the execute attributes:
>>
>>   $ attr myprogram e pe
>>
>>