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15 years ago

Gcc4 Frame Pointer Issue

I've been trying to write some code in an MPU exception handler to trap and dump the call stack when an intermittent exception occurs in our system and am pretty sure I've found a bug in the latest G...
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12 years ago

I've just reread the recent posts and noticed that Altera are no longer including gcc3.

Have they fixed their gcc4 build so that it can generate 'pure code'?

The earlier gcc4 builds would always place switch statement jump tables directly in the code segment. Something that you definitely don't want if you are using tightly coupled instruction and data memories.

If they haven't, anyone who is generating anything small will need to rebuild gcc anyway.