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Re: Enable java libraries for arm-elf compiler
- From: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at arm dot com>
- To: tromey at redhat dot com
- Cc: Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 11:21:36 +0000
- Subject: Re: Enable java libraries for arm-elf compiler
- Organization: ARM Ltd.
- Reply-to: Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com
> Richard> * configure.host (arm*-elf): Add support for this target.
>
> This is ok.
>
> Do the ARM ports need -fcheck-references? If so, I can check in a
> patch for this once AG's configury patch to enable this goes in.
I've no idea. All I've done is fixed up the XScale hacks so that they
apply to all ARM devices.
> These patches are ok for the 3.1 branch too.
OK.
> Since you're obviously an ARM expert: if you have time, please
> consider implementing the `closure' API in libffi for the ARM. This
> will let us enable the Java bytecode interpreter for that platform.
I'll try and find time. I think the code is already there for ARM Linux,
and I have some simple patches for the soft-float api; but there's no
support at for Thumb yet.