Re: MiNT cross-compiler
On Wed, 2023-05-24 at 19:11 +0300, Eero Tamminen wrote:
> Atari MiNT "a.out" format support would also be needed in "binutils".
a.out support was removed in binutils, so you will have to use something
like elf2aout.
> While there are newer GCC versions for MiNT provided by different
> individuals, Debian packages remained at v4.x. AFAIK GCC 4.x is used
> for those because it generates best m68k code when one considers the
> size of the generated code vs. its performance.
Did you try LLVM for m68k?
> (Choices done for optimizations in non-HW dependent parts of later GCC
> versions favor more modern CPUs with larger caches and more RAM in
> general, than typical m68k machines have.)
>
> I.e. newer GCC versions are useful for MiNT mainly due to their support
> for newer C++ versions.
Yes, indeed.
Adrian
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