[Coco] gcc m6809 update

[Roger Taylor]

At 03:51 PM 1/12/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>I will soon be undertaking the project of updating gcc for the m6809 to be
>based on the m68hc11 code, since the processors are very similar.  This
>will be in an effort to increase the number of "registers" available, by
>using a set of locations on a page boundary, and the direct addressing
>mode.
>
>Why?  Well, then it'll be easier to use floating point math.  gcc includes
>some support for soft floting point, and the code looks complete for basic
>operations.
>
>Also, I'll be updating the machine description in CVS as soon as possible.
>The old one is buggy, and contains invalid code for generating subtraction
>assembly.  I received a fix from Eric Botcazou, the guy who I got the
>files from originally.

Can 6811 code run on the CoCo or 6809?


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Roger Taylor