[Coco] MW 6809 Cross Compiler

[Boisy G. Pitre]

Curtis,

This compiler can be compiled to use either c.comp or can break it up  
to c.pass1 and c.pass2.  Obviously, it makes sense to use c.comp on a  
cross-development environment since memory isn't an issue.

This is also an experimental compiler that apparently passed the  
first parameter or two in the D register instead of directly on the  
stack.  This means that old libraries wouldn't work, though the  
compiler came with source code for the standard libraries.  Plus I  
have Carl Kreider's C library source code, and that library can be  
used instead.

So again, if anyone has source for an rlink type program, the  
compiler tool chain would be complete.

Boisy


On Jul 12, 2005, at 8:38 AM, L. Curtis Boyle wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 05:45:27 -0600, Boisy G. Pitre  
> <boisy at boisypitre.com> wrote:
>    Is this the level 1 or level 2 C compiler?
>
>
>> Through someone's good graces, I received a copy of the source  
>> code to Microware's 6809 C compiler last month.  Written in C  
>> itself, the compiler components have all been compiled  
>> successfully and run under Linux and MacOS.  This means that  
>> finally, we can use these tools on very fast computers to compile  
>> legacy and new C source code for OS-9/NitrOS-9 at blazing speeds.   
>> It also means that the compiler can finally be improved to provide  
>> ANSI C compatibility.
>>
>> I'm bound by certain restrictions on how I can share binaries, so  
>> I haven't worked out all of the details on how the compiler might  
>> be made available to people who want to use it.
>>
>> The source base did not include the rma assembler or the rlink  
>> linker.  It happens that I have source code to an rma work-alike  
>> that David Breeding made some years ago.  This works fine; however  
>> there is still no linker in place that works with the .r ROF  
>> format emitted by the compiler.  If someone happens to have  
>> written such a ROF compatible linker that works like rlink, please  
>> contact me.  This would complete the tool-chain and give us a  
>> complete C cross-compiler solution that we have been needing.
>>
>> Boisy
>>
>>
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