how to target the Intel 8051?

[Andrew Haley]

Danny Birdie writes:
 > Hi,
 >   I have some C code targeted for the Intel 8051. How do I go about
 > using GCC to target the 8051, so I can generate an assembly output, or
 > an Intel Hex output.
 > 
 >   Please send me all the necessary instructions/links for this.

The 8051 wouldn't be a good target for gcc.  It's severely register
starved, and the result would be very poor code density.

Andrew.